Should we have expected anything more than this? Congress and the President have reached agreement
in principle to avoid the fiscal cliff and tackle the real underlying issues
sometime in the next six to twelve months.
All they have to do is to decide what to do about cancelling the Bush
Tax Cuts for those making over $250,000 a year and the Republicans have already
signaled their willingness to do that.
COMMENTS:
I agree that this course of action is preferable to the
alternative of slashing the military budget, but it once again tells us in no
uncertain terms that there is no appetite in either party for stepping up to
the plate and making the tough decisions that should have been made at least
four years ago. So, we’ll continue to
kick the can down the road and it’ll just be a slower trek to the fiscal abyss,
more credit rating dings and more hot air reverberating through the halls of
Washington. Why don’t they just kick it
down to 2016 and deal with it then? Why
the charade?
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. The number of Americans using food stamps has escalated
again, now to 50 million. How can they
say the economy is getting better?
(Jackie ~ Silver Springs, NV)
A. The same way they can say the Benghazi massacre was due
to a video and a demonstration that got out of control. Lying, spinning and misrepresentation of the
facts has become a culture of the thugs in this Administration.
Q. Now that Petraeus has testified, Clinton is also going to
testify sometime next month. Why not
immediately and could she have gotten away with not testifying at all? (Melchor ~ Escondido, CA)
A. Petraeus testified behind closed doors. Clinton needs to find out what he said so
that she and Obama can come up with something for her to say that will protect
Obama and at the same time not directly disagree with whatever Petraeus said. She has to have the opportunity to divert any
flak coming from Congress; otherwise she would continue to evade testifying
completely and yes, she could get away with it; just who is going to prosecute
her, Holder?
Q. Now that Obama has been reelected, is there any chance at
all that we can stop ObamaCare? (Tyler ~
Hayfork, CA)
A. No. There are a
couple of cases coming up before the Supreme Court, but they are not likely to
rule against their previous ruling this summer which upheld ObamaCare. This will prove to be the worst thing that
has ever happened to this country, with the possible exceptions of the Civil
War and the banning of 32-ounce soft drinks in New York City.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“Apparently, there is nothing that cannot happen today.” ~
Mark Twain
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