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Obama, lawmakers meet over fiscal cliff
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Published: 28.12.12, 23:43
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1. Obama is a spoiled brat
Sam ,   Texas   (12.29.12)
It's his way or the highway.....Im taking the highway
2. Taxes are not the solution......
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (12.29.12)
the solution is less government and government that learns to live on a budget like it's citizens have to. There was a time when there was no income tax at all and the government did just fine. When income tax was established people were told not to worry that it would be only a very small fraction of what they earned. Politicians are very free with other peoples money. Look at how much we give in foreign aid to countries that hate our guts. Our leaders seem to think that they can buy friendship but that doesn't work. Money may be able to buy politicians but it doesn't buy friends. If we are going to aid other countries it should be limited to our true friends like Israel. The only time I would like to see us aid non-friendly or neutral countries is in the event of disasters like earthquakes and such. Our government needs to put our needs first and quit treating us like cash cows that can be milked to support their bad habits.
3. Time for Israelis to understand U.S. economic difficulties.
Michael ,   California, USA   (12.29.12)
The foreign aid is always under scrutiny and attacks from opponents in the US. Israel cannot rely on support funds coming forever.
4. As before....What fiscal cliff?
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (12.29.12)
Timothy Geitner is printing 480 Billion dollars of QE-3 monies to buy United States Treasury Bills to the tune of $40 billion dollars a month. It keeps interest rates low...don't you know? All Geitner has to do to create another 160 billion dollars of fiscal cliff monies...is to add $13.33 billion more to the monthly $40 billion buying of United States Treasuries. 53.33 Billion to be precise, monthly, rather than $40 billion. Obama is 1.2 Trillion over budget every year. This fiscal morass of $160 billion, is a tenth of what Obama is overspending. It solves nothing another words. If you tax the 2.4 million people who make $250 thousand dollars a year or more....They each owe $66,666.66 dollars of new taxes each year. Since Obama is only going to actually address 1/10th of the actual yearly debt....whats the point of putting the screws to the wealthy and bringing the economy to a screeching halt? He might as well just have Timothy Geitner print the extra ten percent of the monies....and leave the so called rich alone. He still owes $1.040 trillion dollars after taking 160 Billion from the rich. Is anyone paying attention to this mathematical spoof being played out on all of us? It's time to wake up and smell the lies!
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