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#27 Nov 09 2012 at 1:07 PM Rating: Good
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Ask Canada; it seems to be working out quite well for them.


I almost feel like going to the doctor 'just cause' now

actually I've got like 3 minor problems I've been meaning to ask a doctor about but haven't gotten around to yet

Edited, Nov 9th 2012 11:10am by Olorinus
#28 Nov 09 2012 at 1:36 PM Rating: Decent
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I'd cut NPR and PBS; that'd probably be enough, right?

#29 Nov 09 2012 at 1:42 PM Rating: Excellent
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Need to cut out Planned Parenthood as well, you math-illiterate communist.
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#30 Nov 09 2012 at 1:45 PM Rating: Excellent
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The only realistic solution to the problem is compromise. A few tax hikes here, a few spending cuts there. The republicans refuse to accept tax hikes on the rich, and the democrats refuse to make cuts to social programs. Realistically, they should consider the middle ground option: tax hikes across the board and spending cuts across the board. As long as both sides refuse to give any ground, there will be no solution. The sad reality is that everyone involved knows this, but nobody wants to be the first one to admit it (or rather, actually do something about it).


Ironically that's exactly what's in the 'fiscal cliff' package everyone is actively trying to avoid. Makes me wonder if the grand compromise will simply end up being a last minute deal reducing the fiscal cliff to half height.

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#31 Nov 09 2012 at 4:32 PM Rating: Excellent
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In a completely unsurprising bit of politicking: the "fiscal cliff" term is really just designed as fear-mongering to the public. If we don't reach a deal by the date, we don't go instantly and catastrophically careening off some metaphorical cliff into recession - it just causes an economic drag for as long as we're in that state. If it takes a few extra days or weeks to get a deal done, we only have that long of an economic drag, which isn't a huge deal. So really it's a "fiscal downward slope."

#32 Nov 10 2012 at 2:40 AM Rating: Excellent
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The measures in the fiscal cliff itself aren't going to careen us into recession, but that very fear-mongering and hysteria probably will if we hit it. Especially if local and state governments start panic budget cutting again.
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#33 Nov 10 2012 at 3:01 AM Rating: Good
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So really it's a "fiscal downward slope."


Or as the poster once known as Gbaji would say, a fiscal slippery slope.
#34 Nov 10 2012 at 8:31 AM Rating: Good
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Ironically that's exactly what's in the 'fiscal cliff' package everyone is actively trying to avoid. Makes me wonder if the grand compromise will simply end up being a last minute deal reducing the fiscal cliff to half height.


Don't be a moron, they'll just push the effective date out. It makes good TV but Congress can't really legislate itself into a corner. It's theater. Best possible result would be maintaining the payroll tax cut, or tying it to the Bush cuts. I'm glad he won, but in case you hadn't noticed in the last 4 years, the President is a pussy who gets rolled by the hill daily. He'll be inclined to "compromise" by extending the Bush cuts, paying for that with letting the payroll tax expire and extracting some meaningless token, maybe ending the carried interest exemption.
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