Fiscal cliff? Heard it all before
Lewis DiuguidHigh school and college students should really “get” the arguments between President Barack Obama and the Republicans in Congress over the fiscal cliff — especially this time of the year.
It is a lot like the internal disputes many students have with themselves over whether to study early or cram, pulling all-nighters before final exams. The president is like the students’ internal voice of reason and conscience, imploring Congress to act ahead of the deadline for the good of the nation.
Such steady, thoughtful behavior for students and Congress takes the worry off the table and won’t get in the way of the few weeks left before the holidays, which are much more enjoyable without the unnecessary stress. The Republicans, on the other hand, are not so disciplined.
They are like the internal voice students hear telling them to go play, drink beer, goof off and poke fun at the diligent kids. Their strategy, like the Republicans’, is to get super-busy at the last minute hoping to skate through the finals.
Most of the time, that is not a winning routine for good final grades for students, and it makes for pathetic legislation, too.
It will likely not end well for the economy if the Republican strategy prevails.
Phil Cardarella
5 months, 2 weeks agoLighten up. Take a deep breath. THERE IS NO FISCAL CLIFF. It is merely a bump, since on Jan. 3, Congress can always unscrew things.
The ONLY thing that Congress cannot undo on Jan. 3 is the tax rates for the upper 2%, because Obama wil — and should — veto that. The 98% of us who are being held hostage so that Mitt can pay 10% taxes will be set free — or no Republican will be reelected to Congress in 2014.
All this “market panic” BS is just that. If you panic on 1/1, you are too dumb to trade stocks. Put you money in your mattress.
JR Beillenhouser
5 months, 2 weeks agoHow much national debt is too much? Please provide an exact dollar amount.
Whether your answer is 17 trillion or 24 trillion or 30 trillion, it doesn’t matter, the Dems are not going to cut spending or handle entitlements. That dollar amount is going to be reached.
Anyone with common sense has to ask when the spending is going to be controlled. Go ahead and tax the rich. But what is their fair share, please put a number on it instead of playing child’s games. The taxes Obama wants on the rich will handle government spending for the equivalent of several days a year. This is a class warfare play, not anything with real substance.
Now please tell me why caring about our country going broke makes me, or any politician equally opposed, evil.
And Phil, to answer an earlier post of yours. Yes, Obama won the election, but he does not control the purse strings, the House does. And based on the outcome of the election, there were voters who voted for Obama for president but also voted for republicans as their representatives. The election does not give Obama a mandate to spend as he sees fit.
George Hunsucker
Northland
5 months, 1 week agoThe lib mindset in action:
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/20264712/detroit-councilwoman-to-obama-we-supported-you-now-support-us
Phil Cardarella
5 months, 1 week agoActually, Democrats received more votes for the House of Representatives than the GOP — by about a million or more, total.
The GOP did well in 2010, and then used its muscle in State legislatures to gerrymander the House DISTRICTS so that they could keep control of Congress. Technically legal if ethically questionable. As a Democrat, I admire their discipline and planning (and billionaire money) even as I dislike their policies and activities.
Class warfare? Get serious. Mitt pays at a lower rate than his servants. Class warfare would want to hang them from lamp posts — or at least put them all in prison for destroying the economy and give their La Jolla mansions to the homeless. I just want them to pay at the same rates as under that ol’ Commie Ike (adjusted for inflation).