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Surreal: Obama's Fiscal Cliff Proposal Stuns Washington

ThumpasaurasVox Wrote: Nov 30, 2012 11:48 AM
Confiscate all wealth from people who made it during the housing bubble fraud(those who made huge profits from the bubble fraud should be force d to give all or some back. -------------------------------------------------- Good luck finding everyone who made profits during the housing bubble. What are you going to do about individuals who took out mortgages they knew they couldn't afford, our should've known. It wasn't just the financial sector that exploited the breaches created by an unhinged housing market.
nodeamass Wrote: Nov 30, 2012 11:50 AM
But, there are SOME who have profited mightily from the housing bubble fraud, and there is no reason NOT to go after their ill gotten booty. Don't make the perfect the enemy of the good.
ThumpasaurasVox Wrote: Nov 30, 2012 11:53 AM
And some who exploited the same situation were individual home buyers who either knew or should've known they were in over their heads. Accountability means nothing to you.
Ohio_Conservative457 Wrote: Nov 30, 2012 12:13 PM
It's called BUSINESS INVESTMENT dumbazz... There are winners and losers!

Let the chips fall where they may.... No-One in Government has the right to penalize a man or woman for taking ADVANTAGE OF A GOOD INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY! As usual.. You would rather attack and penalize anybody more successful than you... Get Over It, Dushbag!

Get out there and take some risks for yourself! And BTY..., shut up!

TCG-L

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...

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