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The Fiscal Cliff Approacheth
In an effort to make this thread sticky-worthy, I am going to update this OP to keep casual glancers informed.
This post is the official one-stop shopping of the key points/developments of the fiscal cliff negotiations. Far as I understand, the fiscal cliff: 1. Gets rid of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. 2. Gets rid of the Bush tax cuts for everybody else. 3. Slashes defense spending by something like $500 billion. 4. Slashes domestic programs like the NIH, Head Start, and medicine/drug care for the poor by $500 billion. The new idea is for Democrats to allow the cliff to hit, then immediately introduce a bill that would bring 2, 4, and some of 3 back. But not 1. Here is a chart detailing exactly what the fiscal cliff is going to do, financially:
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We have an average joe party. Or at least we have a strong average joe faction within one of the major parties. You've heard of the tea party, right?
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To double the deficit, we'd need to have a $2.6 trillion deficit.
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He “inherited” <$500 Billion deficit. What is it now again? Oh yea, $1.3 Trillion, you just said so.
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It seems there may actually be a chance of getting Democrats to support a mini version of Ryan's "premium support" idea for Medicare. This is a pretty interesting idea.
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Bring on the Cliff. Let's hear the weeping and wailing of the entitled.
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Can you link to one legitimate political commentator that agrees with you on this? We just went through this with Brainiac, who was making the same assinine claim. |
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You refer to our military and everyone who pays income taxes as "the entitled"?
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Liberal pukes that play the military card when it suits them then turn around and call for drastic cuts in the defense budget should be forced to watch Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi ****.
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You were the one who just called for drastic cuts to the defense budget. I personally oppose those cuts.
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Then I am become that liberal puke against whom I've railed with all the sound and the fury I could summon.
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