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Politicians Miss the Point of the "Fiscal Cliff"

uvuvuv Wrote: Nov 14, 2012 9:00 PM

i'm going to ask ben bernanke if i can spray popsicle sticks with gold paint and use then for money. don't laugh, if we don't take this fiscal cliff on someday they will be a prized medium of exchange. what i would like to see is discouraging the food stamp leeches by making their stamps eligible for basic commodity goods only. this might not be as convenient as throwing cheese taters in the micro, but they're unemployed and they have the leisure to make bread from flower and yeast.

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Politicians Miss the Point of the "Fiscal Cliff"

The amount of worry over something that needs to happen is staggering.

I actually hope the fiscal cliff triggers. Better now than what is 100% certain to hit in a more severe way later.

Ideally, I would prefer no tax hikes and massive budget cuts. Senator Rand Paul's plan to balance the budget would have me jumping for joy.

The next best thing would be a small tax hike in return for deep cuts in spending. However, Republicans foolishly killed...