The 8 Things That Are Awful About The Fiscal Cliff en-us Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 Fri, 26 Dec 2014 18:18:51 -0500 Joe Weisenthal Slape Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:47:29 -0500 Is this reporting or commentary...or should I say left-wing democrat-sympathizing commentary. Maybe we should have had the media report on Benghazi with the same intensity. Stick to reporting. EvilBuzzard Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:17:41 -0500 Here's what truly sucks about the fiscal cliff. "With them we wind up paying for a huge percentage of every other nation's true cost of care; it is shifted to us literally at gunpoint with the government there to shove their guns up your nose (and then toss you in a prison cell) if you should attempt to use capitalism to arbitrage out those differences. This is what drove federal medical spending from $53 billion in 1980 to ~$850 billion in 2011. For comparison the CPI went from 82.4 to 224.9, or 273% of the 1980 level. This means that medical care should have cost the federal government $145 billion last year -- not $850 billion, a reduction of 83% -- which would cut last year's deficit by more than half (~$700 billion) all on its own." <a href="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ></a> If we don't fix Medipander, we don't fix dick! Glenn Stevens Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:23:36 -0500 Thats exactly how to get out of a slump.. inflation will not be an issue until the deleveraging in the other economic sectors gets under control (or they stir up another bubble for the increased money base to start whirling around in). Fix employment and redirect spending towards pumping gdp.. issue solved. Carol Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:49:54 -0500 It's awful that you think Government can spend us out of a recession without consequences to pay for later like high inflation that will further damage our trade balance, and huge debt to foreign countries that will prevent us from having integrity in our foreign relations. Why is China not labeled a "currency manipulator?" jomamam Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:46:11 -0500 "It's awful that Simpson and Bowles have been able to parlay this fame into $40,000 speaking fees. Actually, hats off to 'em! This is America (but we have serious questions about anyone who would spending $40,000 to listen to them)." Right. We listen to you, and we don't get anything. Harry Watson Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:37:04 -0500 Let's just tax the crap out of the makers and give it to the takers. "Don't tax me, don't tax thee, tax that man behind the tree" Russell Long; When only half of the people pay income taxes, let's just take more from that half and give to the non-paying part. That's only fair, isn't it, until those being taxed say, that's enough and stop feeding the pigs at the trough. john1066 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:22:03 -0500 Now lets see the far right wing folks who think a government's budget is a household budget.