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About That Fiscal Cliff

tsimitpo Wrote: Nov 21, 2012 12:37 PM
Both "sides" masquerade as bitter rivals on opposite sides of all the "wedge" issues, but they work for the same unseen and unelected "board of directors" and don't have any problem coming up with solutions that take liberty and property away from us, the people.
Yikes, we're headed toward a fiscal cliff! It will crush the economy! Or so the media and politicians tell us.

The "cliff" is a series of tax increases and budget cuts that automatically go into effect Jan. 1 unless Congress acts.

Will Congress act?

It will! I see the future: The politicians will meet and fret and hold press conferences and predict disaster. Then they'll reach a deal.

It will just postpone the reckoning, but they'll congratulate themselves, and the media will move on.

America, however, continues to go broke.

"They're not going to admit that we're bankrupt, and they won't...

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