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Fixing the Fiscal Cliff Will Hasten Entitlement Crisis

Humphrey Applebee Wrote: Nov 21, 2012 11:54 PM

Hey Stupid, they didn't destroy Mom and Pop, they offered a better product at a better price. As for the employees, they paid the going wage. if these people could have done better for thenselves then would have. Nobody puts a gun to your head and makes you work at Walmart. Man you trolls sure are idiots.Did you ever run a business on your own, did you ever study case histories of real business or do just move your lips while some Soros puppetnaset with hand up your hiney regurgitates tired socialist talking points.

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Fixing the Fiscal Cliff Will Hasten Entitlement Crisis

The coming fiscal cliff's mix of tax hikes and spending cuts are projected to seriously hamper economic growth over the next two years, and Congressional leaders would be wise to negotiate fixes for the problems. One of the more popular potential fixes, however, is only going to hasten the coming entitlement crisis by worsening the finances of Social Security.

A one-year extension of the employee-side payroll tax cut was passed in December of 2011. It's scheduled to lapse along with the other fiscal cliff policies in 2012. This is a particularly popular tax cut because it goes by and large...

Related Tags: Social Security Tim Geithner Entitlement Programs Congressional Budget Office Payroll tax cut Entitlements