Fiscal Cliff Deal

""The bipartisan package allows taxes to rise on American households for the first time in a generation, marking a 180-degree Republican shift from the 2011 debt limit showdown when the GOP balked at closing corporate jet loopholes worth a couple billion dollars. The bill is a wild swing: It raises revenue by $620 billion and cuts spending by only $12 billion.""

“Today’s agreement enshrines, I think, a principle into law that will remain in place for as long as I am president,” Obama said after the House voted. “The deficit needs to be reduced in a way that is balanced. Everyone pays their fair share. Everyone does their part. That is how our economy works best. That is how we grow.” (Since when is everyone paying their fair share?  What does Fair share really mean to Obama and the liberals.  And how does the economy grow when only a few are paying taxes and the rest are spending it on frivolous stuff?)

“The president says good things to Boehner, and then Nabors and Geithner always follow it up with something absurd,” said one senior House Republican leadership aide. “It’s excruciating.

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(I may be off my rocker and a horrible person now, but I was almost gleeful to hear this story.  I believe Harry Reid is part of the problem in Washington.  He does nothing but negative things for our country and a do nothing for the good of the country!)
House Speaker John Boehner couldn’t hold back when he spotted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the White House lobby last Friday.
It was only a few days before the nation would go over the fiscal cliff, no bipartisan agreement was in sight, and Reid had just publicly accused Boehner of running a “dictatorship” in the House and caring more about holding onto his gavel than striking a deal.

“Go f— yourself,” Boehner sniped as he pointed his finger at Reid, according to multiple sources present.

Reid, a bit startled, replied: “What are you talking about?”
Boehner repeated: “Go f— yourself.”

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