Comments on: What are *Democrats* willing to put on the “fiscal cliff” table? http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2012/11/26/what-are-democrats-willing-to-put-on-the-fiscal-cliff-table/ Don't dis or dismiss this miss! Sun, 19 May 2013 00:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Carlos http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2012/11/26/what-are-democrats-willing-to-put-on-the-fiscal-cliff-table/comment-page-1/#comment-946708 Carlos Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:13:13 +0000 http://sistertoldjah.com/?p=48234#comment-946708 When I was growing up (many decades ago), when I did something wrong I eventually discovered it was better to ‘fess up sooner than later because the consequences got demonstrably more dire the longer I put it off.

Seems to me that this is the case for the country now. We know the consequences are coming, and the longer we wait, the worse they will be.

Time to own up to your stupidity, greed, lust for power and general screwing of both the country and the people, government. I vote for the fiscal cliff.

]]> By: Drew the Infidel http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2012/11/26/what-are-democrats-willing-to-put-on-the-fiscal-cliff-table/comment-page-1/#comment-946596 Drew the Infidel Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:31:02 +0000 http://sistertoldjah.com/?p=48234#comment-946596 The election having been over three weeks ago, it is time for the commiecrats to get out of campaign mode and cease the characteristic snarky schadenfreude; but such is not the nature of the beast. At the DNC, in the days leading up to Benghazi, the killing of bin Laden was mentioned 21 times. The circumstances surrounding the demise of al-Qaeda had been greatly exaggerated, to borrow from Mark Twain. We are back to square one and every pronouncement by any Congressional member sounds like a statement from the game “Fact or Crap”.

]]> By: Dana http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2012/11/26/what-are-democrats-willing-to-put-on-the-fiscal-cliff-table/comment-page-1/#comment-946578 Dana Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:42:50 +0000 http://sistertoldjah.com/?p=48234#comment-946578 This is the end result of President Bush not forcing the 2001/2003 tax cuts be made permanent; then the Democrats would have to vote on tax increases to get tax increases.

However, I’m leaning more and more to going off that fiscal cliff. That would mean tax increases not just on the top producers, but on everyone, and if taxes are going to be increased, they should be increased on everyone. It also sequesters appropriated funds, which means spending cuts as well.

What the Republicans absolutely cannot do is allow tax increases now in exchange for promises of future spending cuts; we’ve been down that road, twice, and the spending cuts never happened. The sequesters are too small, but they are something, and the Republicans then need to really cut back on appropriations for FY2014.

]]> By: LCVRWC http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2012/11/26/what-are-democrats-willing-to-put-on-the-fiscal-cliff-table/comment-page-1/#comment-946574 LCVRWC Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:38:35 +0000 http://sistertoldjah.com/?p=48234#comment-946574 They won’t. The Democrat/POTUS idea of bipartisan cooperation is, “Here’s what I’m going to do, and here’s what you’re going to do.” Then they cross their arms and stamp their feet and complain the Republicans aren’t negotiating.

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