The so-called “fiscal cliff” that we’re going off in January is what some call economic extortion.
It sounds about right.
The President is attempting to do the least amount of damage to the middle and lower class and the economy. On the other hand, we have John Boehner & his GOP cronies, corporate CEOs & the Tea Party trying to preserve the entitlements of the top 1%.
From an economic standpoint, many say that GOP demands will stomp on the economy, flattening whatever progress has already been made.
Significantly changing Social Security will hurt those presently in the system, those about to enter (read younger “Boomers”) and have little effect on solving the fiscal cliff problem. Gutting Medicare & Medicaid without addressing the real problem will only hurt its recipients and not rein in the abuses which are its cause. Corruption, billing fraud, corporate lobbying, exorbitant hospital charges, insurance & drug company abuses: these need microscopic scrutiny and a good dose of revision! In other words, without total reform of the existing system, it will still be business as usual for the crooks in the system.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! To the corporate CEOs, millionaires, billionaires, Wall Street élite, as well as our politicians in both parties: stop whining about the expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts. You can afford to pay your share! Shame on you corporate executives for your greed in sending jobs overseas to avoid paying taxes in America, skirt environmental safeguards and bypassing U.S. wage and labor laws by creating jobs in China and 3rd world countries ~instead~ of right here at home! Because of you our manufacturing industry has been decimated in favor of cheap junk made in China!
Economic extortion, the threat of the “fiscal cliff” is just another smokescreen that the Republican party and corporate America can only benefit from. Instead of closing tax loopholes for the nation’s wealthy, GOP and the mega-rich have it in mind to create secret loopholes included in the Fix the Debt initiative. Part of this is allowing exemptions of taxes for profits declared abroad. Can we say: “Global tax haven?” The ghost of Mitt Romney is alive and well in corporate boardrooms!
The Republican party lost the election because WE THE PEOPLE spoke out. Thankfully there were enough of us who read, watched and researched Mitt Romney during the campaign. We saw through his veneer; his ties to corporate America. He may be a brilliant business person, but to run this country his way, as the GOP is currently attempting to do, will surely push us off that fiscal cliff.
GOP: get real and serious about helping the 99% instead of corporate America. We are human beings struggling to keep our heads above water in this fragile economy. We’ve lost jobs, homes and our retirement money has been spent. Barack Obama still has more work to do to undo the Bush legacy that brought this country to its knees. Realize, too, that you work for the American people and not corporate America. Know that as we voted you into office, you can be voted out just as well. Work with the President. Make some concessions for the good of the American people.
GOP: Help get us back on our feet instead of throwing us off the fiscal cliff!
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