LIVE THREAD: WE'RE GOING OVER THE FISCAL CLIFF!

[Brett85]

Not trying to offend , but if someone thinks spending is not a problem , they must be, at best, mildly retarded....

Harkin is definitely one of the five worst members of the U.S Senate.

 

[bunklocoempire]

Originally Posted by oyarde

Not trying to offend , but if someone thinks spending is not a problem , they must be, at best, mildly retarded....

That, or a very clever liar and a thief

lol

Or, terribly honest. Who does he really represent? And why would spending be a problem for those folks?

Let me spend your money, I guarantee it won't be a problem for me!

 

[Feeding the Abscess]

This is disgraceful. I would double down, take us over the cliff, and let taxes go up. I'd rather patch up the deficit with revenue than write more blank checks.

Theft is a graver injustice than deficit.

 

[itshappening]

More spending in the bill due to unemployment benefit extension.

I don't see how conservatives and support that.

 

[oyarde]

More spending in the bill due to unemployment benefit extension.

I don't see how conservatives and support that.

And no way to pay for it ??

 

[sailingaway]

And no way to pay for it ??

Well, if you just look in the confines of this bill, I'd expect the higher taxes on the >$400K incomes would more than cover that. The whole thing is a patch with each grabbing splinters, not a fix.

In this case, though, the taxes go up MORE otherwise, so the leverage is unusual.

 

[oyarde]

Well, if you just look in the confines of this bill, I'd expect the higher taxes on the >$400K incomes would more than cover that. The whole thing is a patch with each grabbing splinters, not a fix.

In this case, though, the taxes go up MORE otherwise, so the leverage is unusual.

I agree that the leverage is unusual with this due to the tax situation.....

 

[oyarde]

More spending in the bill due to unemployment benefit extension.

I don't see how conservatives and support that.

I am not sure how a Conservative can even stand to be in that city, must be tough customers , I am afraid it would make me ill....

 

[NoOneButPaul]

Leaders say the house will not vote on any proposals today.

WE ARE GOING OVER THE SO CALLED FISCAL CLIFF!

 

[TheTexan]

Leaders say the house will not vote on any proposals today.

WE ARE GOING OVER THE SO CALLED FISCAL CLIFF!

yay!!!

 

[Brett85]

Leaders say the house will not vote on any proposals today.

WE ARE GOING OVER THE SO CALLED FISCAL CLIFF!

One of the people speaking at the church I went to yesterday called it the "physical cliff." Lol.

 

[NoOneButPaul]

Apparently they have a deal on raising our taxes (no surprise there) but can't come to terms on spending cuts.

The house is not expected to vote on anything and they're claiming they may come to a deal tomorrow? How in the hell can they come to a deal tomorrow?

 

[Brett85]

Apparently they have a deal on raising our taxes (no surprise there) but can't come to terms on spending cuts.

The house is not expected to vote on anything and they're claiming they may come to a deal tomorrow? How in the hell can they come to a deal tomorrow?

They could just extend the tax cuts retroactively.

 

[NoOneButPaul]

Hahahaha wow.... and here come the gold smashes in the after hours trading to make up for today's gain.

Hilarious.

 

[Zippyjuan]

It isn't an "economy crashes at midnight without a deal" thing. Cuts and tax hikes will occur over time and as was pointed out, they could wait even a month or two and make any tax changes retroactive to the start of the year.

 

[TheTexan]

economy crashes at midnight

??

MOTHER OF GOD.


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[Zippyjuan]

Happy New Year!

 

[PaulConventionWV]

Did you see my above post? The proposed cuts are 3/10 of 1% of spending.

That would probably still be the biggest cut in spending they've ever enacted.

 

[PaulConventionWV]

Tax all lottery winners at 85%

losers winning big.

 

[opal]

TO MY FELLOW AMERICANS & WASHINGTON....DUH! :yawn:

where can I order a copy of that plan?