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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
HOLD UP EVERYBODY
But since the House basically just Raged Quit , there's no time to get it through Congress. So were going over the Fiscal Cliff.
However I believe they can still make a deal after the Fiscal Cliff, since most of the cuts don't happen immediately. Correct?
edited 31st Dec '12 6:08:12 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016The Senate deal extends the tax cuts
for the rich. The spending cuts to defense and the social programs will be delayed for two months.
Note that this is only the deal from the Senate. The House already adjourned and won't reconvene until tomorrow, by which we would have most likely been over the cliff.
Despite campaigning for removing the tax cuts, Obama struck a deal that extends the tax cuts once again.
edited 31st Dec '12 7:00:27 PM by Serocco
In RWBY, every girl is Best Girl.Since that property management company only employees 99 people (and 44 of them only work part-time), I question whether this was worth bringing to court. But this guy seems more interested moral victory than a fiscal victory.
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I don't see anything about extending the tax cuts for the rich.
Wait, how much do you need to make a year to be considered rich?
edited 31st Dec '12 7:06:01 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016We've already done that, and we've discussed several times that it's more like a bumpy slope, since all those things they'd vote on don't expire all at once. I certainly anticipate a lot more gridlock. It is, however, becoming more and more clear who's at fault for it. I just hope this puts pressure on the Republicans to start behaving a little more sanely, if only to keep their jobs come election time.
How do tax cuts for workers (by which I assume you mean middle class) not work? It means they have more money to spend on various things. Hell, encouraging spending is why there's tax exemptions for the poor; so they'll go out and buy things at grocery stores and malls and shit instead of it all going to taxes and they just have no money to spend.
Tax cuts in themselves aren't really bad things. It's about how much and where they're occurring that determines how good a particular tax cut policy is.
Grover Norquist supports Senate cliff plan
Apparently Norquist doesn't see the raising of taxes on those earning $450,000 or more annually, or the estate tax being raised on estates valued at $5 million or more as violation of his anti-tax pledge.
Huh. Not sure if I can understand that logic.
edited 31st Dec '12 7:28:45 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016Well, it's been pretty damned obvious that the fiscal cliff talk wasn't simply going to end when the year changed, Serrocco. Of course the talk is going to continue. And you're not going to be pleased with any deal that cedes any ground at all, in spite of how fucking ridiculously unrealistic your position on negotiation is.

Brace yourselves for the panic and outrage from the rich over the botched deal and cliff falling. I sure as hell will enjoy their reactions.
Hillary Clinton suffered a concussion earlier, right? She has a blood clot
.
edited 31st Dec '12 6:00:51 PM by Serocco
In RWBY, every girl is Best Girl.