We learn something new every day. As long as the govt. is paying unemployment checks, the economy will be healthy.
A congressional panel is supposed to agree by Thanksgiving on a deficit-reduction package of at least $1.2 trillion
Posted on 11/18/2011 5:05:21 AM PST by edpc
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as the U.S. economy is making progress despite Europe's turmoil, here come two new threats.
A congressional panel is supposed to agree by Thanksgiving on a deficit-reduction package of at least $1.2 trillion. If it fails, federal spending would automatically be cut by that amount starting in 2013.
Congress may also let emergency unemployment aid and a Social Security tax cut expire at year's end.
Either outcome could slow growth and spook markets.
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Wait......what?
That can't be from the same article. It totally negates the conclusion of the misleading-as-hell headline.
Does anyone believe this?
Liberals are having a cow over spending cuts.
“The Sky is falling!” The Sky is falling!”
Yeah, sure. The MSM doesn’t seem to have noticed our $15 trillion dollar record national debt.
And its worried we’re cutting a little spending! Go figure.
No, but more importantly, does anyone believe it’s enough?
I remember when libs would have a cow about the amount of money that the gov’ment was spending.
Liberals always cry wolf.
Its never as bad as they warn but they never say they were sorry they created unnecessary panic in the country.
They’re despicable in the way they make people feel fear and despair that nothing will ever get better instead of helping to give them hope for themselves and our country’s future.
No worries.
The 535 members of the world’s most corrupt free spending lunatics over in D.C. will find a way to continue spending and lining their pockets at our childrens’ expense.
All this talk about cutting will never happen as long as the (equally corrupt) voters continue to send their congress members back to office. No turnover = same ole sh!t.
They will postpone all that unpleasant stuff and appoint another “Blue Ribbon” commission to look into ways to kick the can down the road again.
There. I got my morning rant over with already. Sorry, but the answer to your “Does anyone believe this?” is no, not one bit.
No, I don't believe that, either.
Excellent - when one has a Rant, it's not healthy to hold it in!
Sorry, but the answer to your “Does anyone believe this?” is no, not one bit.
That's what I figured you meant.
If government spending can cure all ills why doesn’t the federal government just hire all the unemployed?
Egads! The American people might be able to keep and spend an extra Trillion of their own money! NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! /sarc>
Gee, was thinking this might be some NEW news from our blind, deaf, and dumb media.
Thank Goodness, there is no slow growth or spooked markets, only the chance there may be.
WHEW ...
Don’t forget the part where we re-elect 90% of them because we don’t want “the other side” to win.
Automatically !!! WOW! 2013!!
Real gut grabbing emergency, 2013. LOL
No problem, Barry will just push one of his “emergency” spending measures and the news media will lead with pictures of poor, starving, homeless children harmed by the heartless Republicans.
Hey. The alcoholic who stops drinking or the heroin addict who stops shooting heroin goes through withdrawal. But when then come out the other side, they are healthier. We need to take this hit so we can go forward.
We learn something new every day. As long as the govt. is paying unemployment checks, the economy will be healthy.
A congressional panel is supposed to agree by Thanksgiving on a deficit-reduction package of at least $1.2 trillion
The RATS are going to take the spending cuts and feed it to the unions.
And no one sees this coming?
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