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Surreal: Obama's Fiscal Cliff Proposal Stuns Washington

Kilroys Wrote: Nov 30, 2012 12:31 PM

Who cares about blame. Dems outplayed the Reps during the elections...we got beaten badly by a guy with a horrible 4 year record. At the end of the day, cutting the spending madness and give-aways is what need be done. Do it now or America will forever be a Dem/Socialist nation and the blame matters not.

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Surreal: Obama's Fiscal Cliff Proposal Stuns Washington

Republicans have been asking for the White House's plan for some time now -- well, they finally got one. Oh my:

House Republicans said on Thursday that Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner presented the House speaker, John A. Boehner, a detailed proposal to avert the year-end fiscal crisis with $1.6 trillion in tax increases over 10 years, an immediate new round of stimulus spending, home mortgage refinancing and a permanent end to Congressional control over statutory borrowing limits. The proposal, loaded with Democratic priorities and short on detailed spending cuts, was likely to meet strong...