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Palin Defines Her Role On 1st Solo Appearance

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The Associated Press

Published: September 16, 2008

GOLDEN, Colo. - Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Monday she would concentrate on energy, government reform and helping families with special-needs children if Republicans win the White House, and drew cheers when she said, "too often government is the problem."

Campaigning on her own, the Alaska governor also said Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama "wants to raise income taxes and raise payroll taxes and raise investment income taxes and raise business taxes and raise the death tax."

The Tax Policy Center, an independent group, has concluded that four out of five U.S. households would receive tax cuts under Obama's proposal.

Palin said she would play a role in an effort to reform government.

"In Alaska, we took the state checkbook and put it online so everyone can see where their money goes. We're going to bring that kind of openness to Washington," she said.

There already is a searchable database that allows the public to track federal grants and contracts, and Obama was a principle behind the 2006 law that created it, along with Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.

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