Showing posts with label fiscal cliff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fiscal cliff. Show all posts

Friday, January 11, 2013

Gut Check Time for Conservative Cliff Jumpers | Synopsis

Gut Check Time for Conservative Cliff Jumpers

Video clip from a Tea Party 2011 tax day protest
Video clip from a Tea Party 2011 tax day protest by Fibonacci Blue
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-- A surprised House Republican who had been an opponent of Speaker John Boehner’s “Plan B” plan for the “fiscal cliff” talking to Power Play about Boehner’s decision to cancel a vote on the measure. If Power Play had told you four years ago that President Elect Barack Obama today would be on the precipice of getting the full rollback of the Bush-era tax cuts coupled with deep defense cuts, it would have sounded like a liberal fantasy. If Power Play told you that he would be able to blame Republicans for this multi-trillion-dollar tax hike and Pentagon punch it would have sounded like a conservative nightmare.

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Charles Krauthammer

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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Consumer spending rose 0.4 percent in November | Essentials

Consumer spending rose 0.4 percent in November

Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building by epicharmus
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Wages and salaries rose $41. 1 billion in November. Sandy had reduced wages at an annual rate of $18. 2 billion in October. Spending had fallen 0. 1 percent in October compared with September. With income rising faster than spending, the saving rate rose to 3. 6 percent of income in November, up from 3. 4 percent in October. Economists remain concerned that income growth is too weak to support sustained increases in spending, especially at a time when Americans are worried about possible tax increases in the new year from the "fiscal cliff." That's the name for automatic tax increases and spending cuts due to take effect in January unless Congress and the Obama administration reach a budget deal before the new year. Consumer spending is closely watched because it accounts for about 70 percent of economic activity.

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