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Well, Boehner may not be quite so handy but, ...

If the House of Representatives can jam up the country long enough, much damage can be accomplished. A lot is riding on their intransigence for if these stalwart Reps do not prevail, then the rich will lose their tax discounts.

If they do succeed, gurneys can proceed to roll nursing home patients out onto the street.

Just to make sure we're all on the same page, can you describe the proposed deal against which Boehner is being intransigent?

cinepro wrote:Just to make sure we're all on the same page, can you describe the proposed deal against which Boehner is being intransigent?

Good point, since such intransigence has been the order of business in the House for some time, I should have specified which one. I was referring to the one talked about constantly in the media regarding what will happen at midnight on December 31, 2012. Read more about it here: http://bonds.about.com/od/Issues-in-the-News/a/What-Is-The-Fiscal-Cliff.htm

moksha wrote:

cinepro wrote:Just to make sure we're all on the same page, can you describe the proposed deal against which Boehner is being intransigent?

Good point, since such intransigence has been the order of business in the House for some time, I should have specified which one. I was referring to the one talked about constantly in the media regarding what will happen at midnight on December 31, 2012. Read more about it here: http://bonds.about.com/od/Issues-in-the-News/a/What-Is-The-Fiscal-Cliff.htm

The "fiscal cliff" was designed to be painful to both the Democrats and the Republicans, so it's a little disingenuous to say that the Republicans want it to take effect.

Personally, I think the fiscal cliff is just what the doctor ordered, and it would be the best thing to happen to our national fiscal health in decades. After the initial shock, we would be much better off. The Republicans get their spending cuts, the Democrats get their tax increases, and the economy is kicked of its governmental rubber crutch and forced to walk on its own.

(And if it can't walk on its own, then we get to deal with it now instead of kicking the can down the road to make future generations deal with a worse problem).

cinepro wrote:(And if it can't walk on its own, then we get to deal with it now instead of kicking the can down the road to make future generations deal with a worse problem).

Funny how that concept gets scoffed at when used in the context of protecting the environment or going easy on exhaustable fossil fuels. One big element to easing our future fiscal dilemma will be to ensure that our foreign national workers contribute both payroll and FICA taxes.

If the House of Representatives can jam up the country long enough

They're just protecting you from yourselves, controlling government overreaching by starving it of funds (the only way to do it). However, I have little confidence that Boehner will not make a deal with the Devil.