But when Labor advocates cutting negative gearing and superannuation tax concessions to pay for health and education, and then the Greens say, let's keep the 2% personal income tax deficit levy to raise even more, the difference is really one of degree.
"We're determined to provide the leadership and the discipline the Liberal and National Coalition has always done – we paid off Paul Keating's debt when John Howard came into government, and left cash in the bank, a lot of it [in 2007]." He warned about the "same old Labor – spend and tax, deficit and a mountain of debt, we've got to bring that to an end".
"Given the level of tax deficit, gaming as an industry could be the first looked upon to raise tax dollars," says Marc Falcone Marc Falcone, who covers gaming and entertainment companies for Deutsche Bank.
Consider the states with the largest per-capita tax deficits, in order starting with the biggest loser: Connecticut, New Jersey, Nevada, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Illinois, Michigan, Delaware, Wisconsin, New York, Massachusetts and California.
We raise our pre-tax deficit assumption to £6.2bn and cash payments to £650m per annum.
But the difference between the fund's assets and liabilities had slumped to a pre-tax deficit of nearly £77m by March 2003 and just over £80m the following year.
BA confirmed this morning that it was on track for a record full-year loss after a nine-month pre-tax deficit of £342m in the nine months up to 31 December, close to last year's record annual loss of £401m with the least profitable quarter of BA's financial year still to come.
He was superlative on taxes, deficit reduction, Social Security, reproductive rights and Medicare and provided contrast without resorting to personal attacks.
Larry Rockefeller, a Republican, recites a litany of Republican positions that he disagrees with on issues like tax cuts, estate taxes, deficit spending, abortion, the environment, health care and gun control.
Romney showed his dishonesty in such areas as taxes, deficit and spending, and healthcare.
Like other presidential forums, Obama used the event to re-affirm and re-outline his policy platform, whether on the economy, clean energy, immigration reform, taxes, deficit reduction, Afghanistan or gay rights.
