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This fiscal cliff is the Republicancs doing. They steadfastly refuse to raise taxes on the very rich in return for meaningful spending cuts the Democrats have agreed to. Boehner & company need to step up & work with Pres Obama for a reasonable budget that’ll keep the economy from going back into recession.
Can someone tell me, in a reasonable way, how Obama should get the blame for the fiscal cliff? Bush specified when his tax cuts should end, Congress set the date for sequestration, and the Democrats have clearly said they will compromise on balancing spending cuts and tax increases. Obama is hardly even in this loop. So is this just a Pavlovian “blame Obama for everything” response from Payne?
Called "the Thomas Nast of his time" by The National Review magazine, Payne is an informed journalist whose investigative writing has also made national headlines.
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Stipple said, 6 months ago
Melodrama for the masses. Scripted by those who get paid for their efforts.
lonecat said, 6 months ago
There’s just as much reality in the fiscal cliff as there is in Skyfall.
dapperdan61
said, 6 months ago
This fiscal cliff is the Republicancs doing. They steadfastly refuse to raise taxes on the very rich in return for meaningful spending cuts the Democrats have agreed to. Boehner & company need to step up & work with Pres Obama for a reasonable budget that’ll keep the economy from going back into recession.
DrCanuck said, 6 months ago
Can someone tell me, in a reasonable way, how Obama should get the blame for the fiscal cliff? Bush specified when his tax cuts should end, Congress set the date for sequestration, and the Democrats have clearly said they will compromise on balancing spending cuts and tax increases. Obama is hardly even in this loop. So is this just a Pavlovian “blame Obama for everything” response from Payne?
Zuhlamon said, 6 months ago
Sequestration was a Republican concept, and Payne spews unending hatred for this president.
Robert Landers said, 6 months ago
@DrCanuck
If the American people were going to blame President Obama for everything, (including the Fiscal Cliff), then Mitt Romney would be the next President!
However….
ansonia
said, 6 months ago
@dapperdan61
meaningful spending cuts the Democrats have agreed to
What, specifically, are these “meaningful” spending cuts? How much money are they talking here?
wbr said, 6 months ago
ansnia do you not know everything is bush fault benghazi , pearl harbor , etc
dtroutma
said, 6 months ago
The “cliff” is a Boehner creation, it’s time for HIM to finally compromise, and realize the nation is more important than the “party”.
mickey1339
said, 6 months ago
@dtroutma
As usual you blame someone for something and provide no information.
mickey1339
said, 6 months ago
NON PARTISAN DEFINITION OF “THE FISCAL CLIFF.”
Read this link, it’s a bit long but thorough.
http://bonds.about.com/od/Issues-in-the-News/a/What-Is-The-Fiscal-Cliff.htm
ahab
said, 6 months ago
Payne uses Faux news as his source for ideas.
mickey1339
said, 6 months ago
@DrCanuck
Quit worrying about who is to blame and concentrate on the issues. These are the major points involved.
http://bonds.about.com/od/Issues-in-the-News/a/What-Is-The-Fiscal-Cliff.htm
Eryx
said, 6 months ago
Who came up with this idea, exactly? Cons, here’s you chance to weigh in. No?
ninety_nine_percent said, 6 months ago
What a Payne you are, BS on you — the GOP created the fiscal cliff.