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Special Coverage: Race to the White House
 Obama, McCain, and Your Money Where the Candidates Stand on Key Economic Issues | |
| • Budget Deficit | • Jobs and Wages |
• Personal Taxes | • Energy Security |
| More on the Issues | |
| Economy | |
| New: Election Preview: What to Expect After the Votes Are Counted While Obama vs. McCain gets all the attention, it's important to remember that the outcome of Congressional elections matters almost as much as who wins the presidency. | |
| Middle Class Takes Center Stage With the U.S. economy worsening from the credit crunch, the housing slump, and job cuts, both candidates have been aiming final appeals toward the middle class. | |
| Mortgage Rescue: Where McCain and Obama Stand McCain and Obama agree on the broad outlines of housing policy -- but disagree on some particulars. | |
| Video: John McCain on the Economy McCain discusses the economy as the number one issue of the campaign. | |
| Taxes | |
| McCain, Obama, and Your Tax Bill Barack Obama and John McCain promise voters they'll lessen their financial burden, even as the U.S. racks up record deficits amid the economic crisis. Are their plans realistic, and how would they affect taxpayers? | |
| Employment | |
| New: Obama Gets a 'B,' McCain a 'D' on Women's Issues A group of more than 30 economists issued a report card for Obama and McCain on their stance on 10 issues. | |
| Retirement | |
| New: Video: The Election and Your Retirement Here's a closer look at how the candidates' plans could affect your retirement. | |
| Candidates' Social Security Plans Lack Details The two rivals are long on commitment and short on specifics when it comes to the government's huge retirement income program. | |
| Health Care | |
| Growing Health-Reform Challenge for Next President The financial crisis has upped the obstacles for achieving McCain and Obama's big-ticket health-care plans. Despite the worsening economic picture, though, neither candidate has signaled any intention to scale back. | |
| What Each Candidate's Health Plan Means for You As the unemployment rate climbs, health coverage is becoming a bigger issue for voters. But neither presidential candidate has staked out a health-care position that is resonating strongly with Americans. | |
| Spending | |
| What You're Really Voting For What will the candidates do for your money if you put them in the White House? If a President McCain or a President Obama lives up to his agenda, it will make a difference to your tax bill next year and your family's long-term financial security. | |
| Rivals Differ on Technology Innovation The global technological dominance of the U.S. is eroding. Both candidates have made detailed, strikingly divergent proposals to improve the nation's "ecology of innovation." | |
| How Candidates Would Fix Crumbling Highways, Bridges The economy isn't the only thing falling apart in the United States. Much of the nation's infrastructure is also in dire need of improvement. | |
| Investing | |
| New: Predicting the Market's Response to the Election When it comes to forecasting the market based on political events, the data is murky at best. | |
| Stocks That Will Soar With Obama, McCain Here's a closer look at how a President McCain or President Obama would impact stocks in four key sectors. | |
| 5 Myths About the Election and the Stock Market With the Obama-McCain contest nearing the finish line, BusinessWeek debunks some long-standing notions. | |
| Small Business | |
| No Simple Answers for Small Business "Joe the Plumber" and other entrepreneurs want to know which presidential candidate would give them the best deal on taxes. It's a simple question with no simple answers. | |
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