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Election '08: What's Really at Stake? - Health Care - McCain Would Tax Workers’ Health Benefits as
Of concern to union members with paid health benefits, John McCain is proposing that workers start paying income tax on the value of their health benefits, a plan that some experts say would lead companies to dump their employee coverage.
Election '08: What's Really at Stake? - Retirement Security - Safeguard Social Security or Privatize
John McCain is reviving the Bush administration's proposal for at least partially privatizing Social Security, and has been criticizing the way the system has worked for 70 years. At a town hall meeting in Denver in July, McCain declared: "Americans have got to understand that we are
Election '08: What's Really at Stake? - Economy - A New Direction or More of the Same?
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Election '08: What's Really at Stake? - Workers’ Rights - A Corporate vs. Labor Point of View
On the subject of workers' rights, the gulf between the candidates for president couldn't be wider.

