This travesty is not at all a "deal". With the implementation of Obamacare, our President is fundamentally transforming our country and blaming everyone else for "his" executive decisions. This is a MORAL issue. Obama has said America "can't simply cut our way to prosperity. Cutting spending goes hand in hand with tax codes". Obamacare, more specifically. Any intelligent…
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The fiscal cliff wasn't averted, it was moved. Both the Dems and GOP want some form of crisis available to make themselves seem more important than they are.
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As a nation as well as in many states like Pennsylvania we are in such a financial mess I am really fearful about our economic future. Unless Republicans really hold firm and cut taxes and spending we are doomed for a financial mess that we may never recover from.
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My gut reaction is that the SS tax should not have been lowered two years ago when the program is insolvent. We need to pay into the program to keep the program alive.
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Congress missed a good opportunity to actually deal with the looming financial crisis that this country is facing. I would presume that some in Congress are congratulating themselves for giving some Americans a tax cut since the vote was on Tuesday, when the reality is that increases are in store for most Americans, yet there…
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Republicans were hung out to dry but I see no other realistic outcome. Those hand-wringing that the leadership "caved" disappoint me. Do we not save as many people and the country if possible? It will be a rude awakening, though, to those Obama supporters who think it is right to overburden the "rich" when they…
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You know, I wish the Republicans had packed up and gone home the other day and just said, "You Democrats are in control." Let the Democrats shoulder ALL of the blame for this "Road to Greece" that Obama and his liberal friends are driving us down.
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The agreement had to be reached to avert the “cliff” but we now must work for tax reform and get some of the problems solved instead of waiting until the last minute every year.
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The Republicans were in a lose/ lose situation whichever way they went. If they let the tax cuts expire and everyone’s taxes increased, it would have been far worse. They really had no choice other than to hold their noses and vote for the terrible bill that they were handed. I hope they’re strong enough…
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I fail to see the reasoning behind all this. Why in the world would anyone deliberately decrease the usable income of a family when the economy is in the state it is??? My son just took a five percent cut in pay, as did everyone in the governmental entity he works for. Now he's going…
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