Election 2000: It's Your Money

Hail to the chief, but who's the chief that we'll be hailing?

That's the big question as (less than half of) Americans head out to the polls Tuesday to elect the first U.S. president of the third millennium. There are lots of meaty issues swirling around this election -- abortion, education, the environment, our national defense, to name a few. As your partner in this great experiment called democracy, TheStreet.com is offering a tighter focus for our election coverage: your wallet.

There are plenty of good reasons to rouse Americans from their collective voter apathy, and many of them pivot around what the candidates have pledged to do with your money -- your tax money, your investments, your retirement booty, your estate and your college savings. Some of the biggest differences between Democratic Presidential Candidate and Vice President Al Gore or Republican Presidential Candidate and Texas Gov. George W. Bush involve your greenbacks. Do you know what they are? ...