Tech Agenda: Obama vs. McCain
A new Information Technology Innovation Foundation report finds that both presidential candidates, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., have recognized the central role that science, technology, and innovation play in economic growth and have developed specific policy positions on those issues.
The report, which was unveiled late Thursday night, features detailed explanations of the candidates’ views on tax, research and development funding, education, trade, broadband, e-government, energy, and related policies. The analysis shows that the two "offer good ideas for a technology agenda but that both plans are incomplete."
McCain's plan tends to be more focused on promoting innovation largely through tax incentives, like extending and making permanent the R&D tax credit, ITIF said. Obama touts polices like doubling federal funding for basic research, making the R&D tax credit permanent, and providing $150 billion in new clean energy technology funding and $50 billion for health IT.
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