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Fiscal Cliff. May just be me, but shouldn't someone be sweating it?

PhilFish

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oh, I dunno, maybe a couple three elected congresspersons...or more.. someone?

So Romney;s got a tax plan. Big fin deal. Who doesnt have a tax plan. You'd think maybe the soon to come to pass cuts...and resulting levies..preceded by words like draconian and severe...might warrant some wee bit of attention.

maybe?
 
No sense sweating it - everyone knows that nothing will happen til after the election (and maybe not even then).
 
PhilFish said:
oh, I dunno, maybe a couple three elected congresspersons...or more.. someone?

So Romney;s got a tax plan. Big fin deal. Who doesnt have a tax plan. You'd think maybe the soon to come to pass cuts...and resulting levies..preceded by words like draconian and severe...might warrant some wee bit of attention.

maybe?
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There will likely be another recession, but it will be worth it to cut military spending nearly in half.
 
PhilFish said:
nobody is going to get a 50% defense spend cut.

nobody.
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Yeah, if we were to cut defense spending by 50%, we would be leaving ourselves WIDE OPEN! Heck, the Canadians could invade, fer cryin' out loud, and we'd be helpless! Might as well run up the white flag of surrender!!
 
So, I take it you're against cuts to defense spending? check.

as an aside, I'll defend us against the Canadians, alone. so fear not.
 
It can all be fixed in January. This could have easily been avoided last year had the Freshman Republicans in Congress not been hell-bent on destroying the US economy. They had a second chance to avoid sequestration, but they blew that chance as well. Now we'll just have to wait until next year to fix this mess. Still, it's not a problem -- just a lot of hand wringing, moaning and gnashing of teeth.
 
I am in cahoots, in as much as I use them..for their beer.

Sleeman's comes to mind. quite fine.

then again, iffn I were, you can see, patently, how easy it is to 'pull the wool' over their eyes..
 
well, i think what we'll see is capitulation. capitulation all around. for we're short on cash.. and talk is cheap.

and we're sure as shit..tired of all the talk.

cuts we shall have. cuts indeed.

wait n see.
 
PhilFish said:
well, i think what we'll see is capitulation. capitulation all around. for we're short on cash.. and talk is cheap.

and we're sure as shit..tired of all the talk.

cuts we shall have. cuts indeed.

wait n see.
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Sure. We'll get some cuts -- on paper.
 
My guess is that someone in the Obama Admin.,some Senators in safe seats or not up for re-election and House Reps in safe seats are working on a deal even as we post. There will be pain on both sides of the aisle or there won't be a deal. No getting around that.
 
bdtex said:
My guess is that someone in the Obama Admin.,some Senators in safe seats or not up for re-election and House Reps in safe seats are working on a deal even as we post. There will be pain on both sides of the aisle or there won't be a deal. No getting around that.
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Absolutely. There will HAVE to be a 'Grand Bargain' on taxes and spending. But the followers of Grover Norquist won't admit that. It's a new religion, really. Which I have dubbed Quistianity. Or, if you prefer, Quistinsanity.
 
LeRoy_Was_Here said:
Yeah, if we were to cut defense spending by 50%, we would be leaving ourselves WIDE OPEN! Heck, the Canadians could invade, fer cryin' out loud, and we'd be helpless! Might as well run up the white flag of surrender!!
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PhilFish said:
So, I take it you're against cuts to defense spending? check.

as an aside, I'll defend us against the Canadians, alone. so fear not.
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Plus we have NCMusicman. Between him and Phil, we should be fine.
 
PhilFish said:
nobody is going to get a 50% defense spend cut.

nobody.
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Technically, it will be more than 50%. We spend what, $700 billion a year or so on 'defense' (attack would be more appropriate), and sequestration will cut about 500 billion:

National defense is only 20% of the budget, yet the sequester subjects it to 50% of the automatic cuts. The other $500 billion will be cut from domestic programs. Sequestration, which both Democrats and Republicans voted for, was intended to spur Washington to responsible action; it was never meant to be an effective deficit-reduction tool. No doctor operates with a pickax, unless, of course, he intends to maim his patient.​

http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/09/opinion/bennett-sequestration-defense-cuts/index.html

I say pickax away.
 
Obama told his administration and defense contractors to not give employee notices - which are required by law.... he even said the taxpayers would cover the fines.

Impeach Obama the Crooked Lawyer!!!!
 
LeRoy_Was_Here said:
Oh, I'm sure NCMusicMan would defend us against those rascally conniving Canucks. NCMusicMan hates EVERYBODY. But I'm not so sure about Phil. Phil could be in cahoots with them.
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If you think about it, NCMusicman is deterrence of another sort, like a poison frog:

NCmusicman said:
Obama told his administration and defense contractors to not give employee notices - which are required by law.... he even said the taxpayers would cover the fines.

Impeach Obama the Crooked Lawyer!!!!
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See what I mean?
 
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