When interest rates are low, people have more money to spend, raising demand for goods and services - fueling growth. It's also cheaper for businesses to borrow to pay for research and expansion. In fact, an emphasis on deficit reduction rather than tax cuts has been working well for years, giving us low interest rates, low inflation and big stock gains. Gore proposes staying the course. Bush thinks there's potentially much to gain by changing strategies.
Good people can differ about which candidate's approach is fairest.
In less than a day, we'll know which view the voters hold.