Cantor seems to be rallying against it pretty hard.

JUburton wrote:Cantor seems to be rallying against it pretty hard.

man's a walking skidmark

change some semi-colon to a full colon; Eric admires colons

"We should not take a package put together by a bunch of octogenarians on New Year's Eve."

-- Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-OH), quoted by the Washington Post, referring to Vice President Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) who crafted the fiscal cliff agreement.

JUburton wrote:"We should not take a package put together by a bunch of octogenarians on New Year's Eve."

-- Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-OH), quoted by the Washington Post, referring to Vice President Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) who crafted the fiscal cliff agreement.

They're both 70. This guy looks like a tool.

We should never listen to anything said by the progeny of first cousins.

drsmooth wrote:I know Ari Fleischer is a major asshole, but someone please assure me this tweet is counterfeit:

@AriFleischer: I increased donations to charity in 2012. This deal limits my deductions so I, & many others, will likely donate less in 2013

Sounds like Ari to me.

i like that everyone is worried about the timing. there will be language written in to make the new cuts retroactive to january 1st. its like DL moves in baseball

Seems like the house is going to amend to add spending cuts which will kill it until the next session.

Says Mike Allen.

seems like it

what a clusterfuck

Seriously what the fuck is wrong with those people. Moodys should downgrade the shit out of us.

FTN wrote:i like that everyone is worried about the timing. there will be language written in to make the new cuts retroactive to january 1st. its like DL moves in baseball

It's a big joke and everyone is just playing along. If we had a news media worth a shit they would be trying to make sure people understand this instead of hyping the big showdown cliff bullshit.

from a republican standpoint, i understand their unhappiness with the lack of spending cuts. but what i haven't seen are:

* realistic alternative solutions
* how they will explain to their constituents that they sat by and watched massive tax increases kick in, doing nothing to stop it.

Oh Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, why must you be on TV so often.

I think I'm about ready for the Democrats to be as irresponsible as the Republicans. We seem to have reached the point where it's more important to break the pattern of hostage-taking than to solve the immediate problem.

Paul probably would suggest that this whole debacle is largely a result of the collapse of the parties, which once had tools to command obedience, and the steady weakening of an "establishment" that formerly could apply additional pressure from the center. Tough to argue otherwise.

FTN wrote:i like that everyone is worried about the timing. there will be language written in to make the new cuts retroactive to january 1st. its like DL moves in baseball

True. But the major concern is how the markets will react when they open tomorrow.

Phan In Phlorida wrote:

FTN wrote:i like that everyone is worried about the timing. there will be language written in to make the new cuts retroactive to january 1st. its like DL moves in baseball

True. But the major concern is how the markets will react when they open tomorrow.

If they flip out, it'll be a great day to buy.

the markets, THE MARKETS, dear god, NOT THE MARKETS

Supermarkets?

JUburton wrote:

Phan In Phlorida wrote:

FTN wrote:i like that everyone is worried about the timing. there will be language written in to make the new cuts retroactive to january 1st. its like DL moves in baseball

True. But the major concern is how the markets will react when they open tomorrow.

If they flip out, it'll be a great day to buy.

If you play the currency market and are one to bet against the US dollar... OPPORTUNITY!!!