CBO: Fiscal Cliff Could Trigger a Recession

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If the U.S. government ends up careening off the "fiscal cliff," Republicans in Congress stand to shoulder most of the blame, according to a new poll released Tuesday.

A majority of Americans said in a new, post-election poll that they do not expect President Barack Obama and members of Congress to reach an agreement to avoid the effects of the fiscal cliff, the combination of automatic spending cuts and tax hikes set to take effect at the beginning of the year.


Fifty-three percent of Americans said Republicans in Congress would be more to blame in that instance, according to a Pew Research Center poll conducted in the days following the election. Twenty-nine percent said that Obama would be more to blame, while 10 percent said both the president and Republicans would share blame.


i don't agree with the poll. i think something will be done to avoid the automatic changes.
obama MUST act as tho he has the position of power (i mean, he does, doesn't he??) and tell the repub-LIE-cans that he will prevent defense cuts by standing firm on the tax cuts to those earning more than 250k-they need to go away. but then, i also think the payroll tax cut needs to go away. the last thing SS needs right now is less pay going in, knowing the shape it's in.
he also needs to adamantly explain this is not a tax increase, but a return to where they were after being 'temporarily' cut.
some will say 'oh noes. don't raise taxes with this economy'. we have been involved in a war for over a decade now. it was never paid for. it must be paid for. we rushed headlong into that conflict, it's time to pay the piper.