A trillion here, a trillion there, and pretty soon you're 
    talking about real money. Altogether, Mr. Obama is 
    promising at least $4.3 trillion of increased spending and 
    reduced tax revenue from 2009 to 2018 -- roughly an extra 
    $430 billion a year by 2012-2013.

    How is he going to pay for it? ....

    ....Even if we have a strong economy, Mr. Obama's proposed
    tax hikes on the dwindling ranks of high earners would be 
    unlikely to raise much more than $30 billion-$35 billion a 
    year by 2012.

    ....Mr. Obama has offered no clue as to how he intends to 
    pay for his health-insurance plans, or doubling foreign 
    aid, or any of the other 175 programs he's promised to 
    expand. Although he may hope to collect an even larger 
    share of loot from the top of the heap, the harsh reality 
    is that this Democrat's quest for hundreds of billions more
    revenue each year would have to reach deep into the pockets
    of the people much lower on the economic ladder. Even then 
    he'd come up short.