Let me see if I get this: the expiration of the Bush tax cuts were to be an increase of $289 bil. The deficit reduction agreement cut over 10 years, IIRC? Where is the 600 bil?
Increasing taxes is hardly ever a good thing...cutting spending by the gummint almost always is....The “fiscal cliff”, it appears, is a cliff only to the dumblecrats. To the rest of us it might be a good thing?
Like I said, I don’t know...but if dumbles are upset, then America will probably be the winner.
SHTF ping!
And a heroin addict goes through withdrawal if they don’t keep getting heroin fixes. The issue is SPENDING. It needs to be CUT. If that means we have a recession, so be it. Its artificial. We need real growth. Not government boondoggle growth.
“Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said this week at the CNBC Institutional Investor Delivering Alpha conference”
The foxes are guarding the hen-house folks. Get ready. And they just can’t stand the wait for Extortion-Care.
There is really no question in my mind. The status quo will persist. The only question is will the rich get to pay their fair share?
In a political year, in which the Democrats are in serious danger, there is only one issue considered to guarantee that the apathetic base will be roused from lethargy. That is those who love the rich must be defeated.
Extreme class warfare is being engaged in desperation. Being fair is stealing from your affluent neighbor. Being fair means you pay nothing.