This is great! Sorry I missed this in the holiday hullabaloo (Reply #29)

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 10:58 AM

AllyCat (15,163 posts)

29. This is great! Sorry I missed this in the holiday hullabaloo

Bookmarking for future discussion with people who keep asking me "What do you think of this fiscal cliff?" And I don't work in finance...people ARE talking about this.

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62 replies	Author	Time	Post
The “Fiscal Cliff” Hoax [View all]	Time for change	Nov 2012	OP
over the cliff is good for democrats instead of selling out to republicans...again nt	msongs	Nov 2012	#1
Over the "cliff", and then...	Time for change	Nov 2012	#14
That's the exact strategy that will win us House seats in 2014!	grahamhgreen	Nov 2012	#60
Keep it simple.	Fantastic Anarchist	Nov 2012	#48
To paraphrase Krugman, this is a political crisis, not a fiscal crisis. Huge K&R nt	riderinthestorm	Nov 2012	#2
Yes, Krugman is a national treasure	Time for change	Nov 2012	#3
Good read as always ... Happy thanks Giving ...	rtassi	Nov 2012	#4
Thanks - Happy Thanksgiving	Time for change	Nov 2012	#9
Paul Krugman	Fire Walk With Me	Nov 2012	#5
"... never really about the deficit... about using deficit fears to shred the social safety net..."	Scuba	Nov 2012	#6
AS importantly,	chervilant	Nov 2012	#18
Great quote.	rudycantfail	Nov 2012	#45
The following also expire	Morganfleeman	Nov 2012	#7
Yes, there are good things that will expire at the end of the year too	Time for change	Nov 2012	#8
Thanks for pointing that out	customerserviceguy	Nov 2012	#24
It does	John2	Nov 2012	#37
Yes, but it's far better for us to reinstate those as individual bills,	grahamhgreen	Nov 2012	#62
K&R	myrna minx	Nov 2012	#10
K&R for jumping.	99Forever	Nov 2012	#11
You and I wish ...	Fantastic Anarchist	Nov 2012	#42
Species of Disaster Capitalism.	DirkGently	Nov 2012	#12
Thanks for this concise info (nt)	hexola	Nov 2012	#13
Textbook Disaster Capitalism.	Faryn Balyncd	Nov 2012	#15
K&R. Well said. Until we have a tiny transaction tax on Wall Street trades, or seriously reduce the	Overseas	Nov 2012	#16
Excellent concise points	Time for change	Nov 2012	#30
Thank you. Bugs me that getting revenue from the wealthy is seen as a Concession by GOP.	Overseas	Nov 2012	#38
Plus, because I wanted to spell it out.	Fantastic Anarchist	Nov 2012	#43
I kinda stole your words.	RC	Nov 2012	#54
K&R. and saving to read more later	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2012	#17
Thank you very much Blanche	Time for change	Nov 2012	#19
Ooooh! please let us know	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2012	#34
Thank you.	Time for change	Nov 2012	#39
.	Ghost Dog	Nov 2012	#46
Great post!	Poiuyt	Nov 2012	#20
May I make a correction? Why don't more GOP'ers look... because the truth hurts them!	nightscanner59	Nov 2012	#21
Let's Go Over the Cliff	mckara	Nov 2012	#22
Thanks for a most important post.	Faryn Balyncd	Nov 2012	#23
Not only is the "fiscal cliff" a hoax, the Tea Party solution would create an economic disaster.	AdHocSolver	Nov 2012	#25
I think that bottom line is that	Time for change	Nov 2012	#36
These are the policies that are now required (parsing Borosage):	Ghost Dog	Nov 2012	#26
How tall is this "cliff"	underoath	Nov 2012	#27
Somewhere the Democratic Party is going to have to make a stand.	kentuck	Nov 2012	#28
This is great! Sorry I missed this in the holiday hullabaloo	AllyCat	Nov 2012	#29
That's because	chervilant	Nov 2012	#33
Awesome OP. Will be bookmarking and reading it again.	freshwest	Nov 2012	#31
The Disaster Capitalists	chervilant	Nov 2012	#32
What I	John2	Nov 2012	#35
yep!	NoMoreWarNow	Nov 2012	#41
this cannot be emphasized enough and	NoMoreWarNow	Nov 2012	#40
I don't normally rec posts ...	Fantastic Anarchist	Nov 2012	#44
This is like saying the Titanic can't sink	davidn3600	Nov 2012	#47
Uh..	sendero	Nov 2012	#49
I pretty much agree with all that	Time for change	Nov 2012	#50
Need jobs?	RC	Nov 2012	#51
Yep over the fiscal speed bump.........	socialist_n_TN	Nov 2012	#52
Kicked and recommended.	Uncle Joe	Nov 2012	#53
Unfortunately the WH has adopted (another) right wing meme	Doctor_J	Nov 2012	#55
The tax cuts for the wealthy have been in effect for 10 years & the jobs have hemorraged (been lost	judesedit	Nov 2012	#56
Keeping it kicked. nt	woo me with science	Nov 2012	#57
Awesome OP	blackspade	Nov 2012	#58
Certainly I agree, but the White House is screwing US again.	Savannahmann	Nov 2012	#59
We need to reframe it as the "Fiscal Bluff", or similar.	grahamhgreen	Nov 2012	#61

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