April 17, 2008 8:27AM 

# Whose Side Are You On? 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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A chart [in the *Wall Street Journal*](http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB120826831952916201.html) is headed “Sen. John McCain’s tax-cut proposals and their average annual cost, in billions.”

I guess it depends on whether you see the world from the perspective of the taxpayers or the tax-eaters. I would have titled it “McCain’s tax-cut proposals and their average annual savings to taxpayers.”

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