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With less than 12 hours to go until the United States dove off the fiscal cliff, the President took the podium to make a public service announcement: I won.
Just as sources were reporting that Senate Republicans were close to cutting a deal with Senate Democrats and the White House, but that no deal has officially been made, the President disparaged Republicans in Congress at a live event with “middle class Americans” at the White House.
President Obama’s televised campaign event on Monday did the exact opposite of help.
“There are still issues left to resolve, but we’re hopeful that Congress can get it done,” President Obama said during his fiscal cliff event. “But it’s not done.”
Obama ... insisted that he’d demand more tax hikes if the legislative body used the impending debt ceiling standoff to demand spending cuts.
[S]everal Republican aides ... suggested that the entire fiscal cliff deal had been complicated because of his tone and criticism.
“Potus just moved the goalpost again. Significantly. This is new,” tweeted a top aide to McConnell.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the last-minute fiscal cliff deal reached by congressional leaders and President Barack Obama cuts only $15 billion in spending while increasing tax revenues by $620 billion—a 41:1 ratio of tax increases to spending cuts.
When Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush increased taxes in return for spending cuts—cuts that never ultimately came—they did so at ratios of 1:3 and 1:2.
Originally posted by beezzer
Don't
Re-elect
A
Single
Incumbent.
Operation Cleansweep. Gone. All of the rat bastards out! This has gotten ridiculous. It reminds me of the 1970's when living in England, we were embarrassed to even mention America. I am ashamed of the representatives we have in office and am disgusted by the whole lot of them.
You can get out of it. If you are 1099 or self employed, just don't pay. If you have a regular job, max out your exemptions to 10 or 20 or more and then don't file. We have to starve this beast. When will you stand?
Originally posted by Mamatus
reply to post by seasoul
Good stuff, that link is. It is truth.
Again, this tax day, take the fifth. Make the IRS give you a bill. We cant get out of paying taxes, but we can damn sure get out of making it easy for them to steal from us.
I agree. If we ever get this back under control, 6 years and out. 3 terms as a rep or 1 term as a senator and DONE. Pay to be the average wage of an individual worker in your state. No benefits. Buy your own insurance.
Originally posted by sonnny1
reply to post by ownbestenemy
Also....
This being "taken care of for life" Package these guys get, has to be done away with. They are NOT Royalty. Another big reason these guys "want" the Job. The Percs and Benefits.
Im sick of it.
Originally posted by DarthMuerte
reply to post by beezzer
Seriously??? Beezer is that what you get from this. Haven't you learned yet that elections mean nothing? The corruption is rampant at all levels. Strike, it is the only non-violent option left to us.
Originally posted by beezzer
Don't
Re-elect
A
Single
Incumbent.
Operation Cleansweep. Gone. All of the rat bastards out! This has gotten ridiculous. It reminds me of the 1970's when living in England, we were embarrassed to even mention America. I am ashamed of the representatives we have in office and am disgusted by the whole lot of them.
Originally posted by DarthMuerte
You can get out of it. If you are 1099 or self employed, just don't pay. If you have a regular job, max out your exemptions to 10 or 20 or more and then don't file. We have to starve this beast. When will you stand?
Originally posted by Mamatus
reply to post by seasoul
Good stuff, that link is. It is truth.
Again, this tax day, take the fifth. Make the IRS give you a bill. We cant get out of paying taxes, but we can damn sure get out of making it easy for them to steal from us.