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Topic: Obama´s Fiscal Cliff Irresponsibility |
Obama´s Fiscal Cliff Irresponsibility
Bloomberg, by Josh Barro
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Posted By:KarenJ1, 12/4/2012 1:50:16 PM
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| After the Republicans´ counteroffer on the fiscal cliff today, ABC´s Jake Tapper tweeted a response from a senior White House official: "if GOP doesnt agree to higher rates for top 2%, we´ll go over the cliff and the American people will hold them responsible." This is a hugely irresponsible threat from President Barack Obama´s administration. As Ezra Klein puts it, the fiscal cliff is really an "austerity crisis" -- without congressional action, automatic forces will bring too much fiscal austerity, too fast. So why is President Obama threatening to block any solution to the austerity
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0bama is always wreckless and irresponsible. So what´s new. Nothing will make him change from the Marxist political hack that he is.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
otronome, 12/4/2012 2:09:33 PM (No. 9048248)
Let´s compromise and out a 100% tax on Warren Buffet and Beyonce. Keep all the other rates as is for two years and let the Dems run on a platform of higher taxes in 2012.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
oh-heck, 12/4/2012 2:19:41 PM (No. 9048268)
Obama wins if he can trick the GOP into agreeing to increase taxes on wage brackets separately. in a similar vein, he wins if deduction get limited based on income. He can´t do that in a wide open Congressional debate. But he can do it in closed door negotiations. Tell them that the GOP will defend everyone from higher taxes, or raise them for all, but not let individuals be thrown to the howling wolves.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
sunsong, 12/4/2012 2:20:09 PM (No. 9048269)
[[[The fiscal cliff discussions should be heading in the direction Matt Yglesias laid out last week: Obama should cave on his tax demand and Republicans on their austerity demands, leading to the minimum possible amount of austerity in 2013.]]]
This is another *good enough* solution. But if it doesn´t happen and if the pubbies can´t get a good deal with substantive cuts NOW - then the fiscal cliff and real tax reform after the New Year are the best plan.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Grambo, 12/4/2012 2:30:01 PM (No. 9048284)
The fiscal cliff is what happens to a country that has been living beyond its means, and the damage it is going to do is going to happen most to citizens who have been living beyond their means, and that is a liberal, more than a conservative, trait. Happy trails, Libs.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Echohawk, 12/4/2012 2:32:27 PM (No. 9048289)
Here´s the latest: Obama drives us over the fiscal cliff. In early January, he demands that Congress roll back the tax increases on 98% of taxpayers. Obama gets his tax increase on the upper 2%, with NO spending cuts!
So...I hope Speaker Boehner has the gravitas for more brinksmanship--Congress won´t do roll back taxes without spending decreases.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Libertygal, 12/4/2012 3:12:42 PM (No. 9048354)
#5 That´s exactly what I have been thinking he is planning. That way, it gets labeled the "Obama Tax Cuts", his ego gets a boost, and he gets what he wants while demonizing Republicans.
Remember, during the debates, he stated he liked the term Obamacare. Of course he does, it further immortalizes him. He is probably tired of hearing "Bush Tax Cuts".
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
4Justice, 12/4/2012 3:35:10 PM (No. 9048400)
Because he is an IDEALOGUE and doesn´t care anything about the country. He just wants to force his ideology and ways upon us all. It is about beating down the opposition no matter what. They will NEVER compromise their side but will always say that we are the ones who are obstructionists. They are EVIL
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