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ralps

(77,744 posts)
Tue Nov 27, 2012, 10:01 PM Nov 2012

Mandatory Tuesday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! TGIF! Cliffhangers & a new kitty gif



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Cliffhangers
Written on November 27, 2012
Congress has an approval rating somewhere between pond scum and gonorrhea, and it’s no mystery when they devote so much of our taxpayer-funded time to debate non-issues like the so-called “fiscal cliff.” With so many more crucial matters to debate - global climate change and related weather disasters, faltering public health system, the rising number of homeless Americans, the disappearing middle class, under funded education programs, under-regulated nuclear power plants, the never-ending terror wars & torture state - Congress has selected this phony “fiscal cliff” issue as the Most Important Subject to discuss.

Why? Jesse Jackson, writing for the Chicago Sun-Times, has an explanation:

Why do imaginary phantoms terrify, while real-life horrors seem normal? Why do our elected representatives act in ways that trample the values of those who elected them?

Consider the current debate in Washington. The city is in full uproar about the so-called “fiscal cliff,” the deep cuts in spending and hikes in taxes scheduled to take place at the end of the year. To listen to this debate, you would think the end of the world will come if Congress and the president don’t reach an agreement to cut Medicare and possibly Social Security and increase taxes over the next 10 years to avoid going over the cliff.

Don’t fall for the hype.

The fiscal cliff is not a product of nature. It is rather a dangerously foolish austerity bomb created by Congress in the debt-ceiling negotiations 18 months ago. Essentially, Congress is threatening to blow up the economy unless Congress agrees not to blow up the economy. The threat is used to extort agreements that would otherwise simply be unacceptable — such as cutting Medicare and Social Security, the basic pillars of family security.

And the supposed underlying threat of out-of-control deficits is equally imaginary. Deficits are down, as a percentage of the economy, by 25 percent since the depths of the Great Recession in 2009. They will continue to come down if the economy continues to grow. That is endangered not by homemade bombs, but by a world economy that is headed back toward recession. And growth is also endangered if Congress cuts deficits too rapidly by slashing spending and raising taxes — kneecapping an already-faltering recovery. Interest rates on U.S. Treasury notes are at near-record lows. Markets — investors — are telling us that the threat isn’t out-of-control deficits and inflation; the threat is slow growth or worse.

While everyone is in hysteria about phantoms, the real horrors are ignored. Record numbers of Americans have already gone over the cliff with no help in sight. More than 20 million people are in need of full-time work, and Washington is focused on cutting deficits, not creating jobs. Poverty is at near-record levels and inequality at new extremes, and Washington is talking about cutting programs for the vulnerable. Racial and gender inequity still throws hurdles in front of a majority of the country, but isn’t on the agenda. Violence still haunts our streets, but receives no attention.

These things are real, not imaginary. They exist now, not as phantom fears. And they cost big-time.

No kidding. Life sucks for that percentage of us Mitt Romney would disdain because we expect our government to spend our money responsibly and tax us fairly and not create a Capitalist kingdom where the Mitts of the nation accumulate piles of money (which they hide in foreign accounts to avoid US taxes) while the rest of us lose our homes and move into empty boxcars while the American Dream is redefined to include only the top 1%.

A more cynical – if not more accurate – explanation for the cliff hanging hysteria was expressed in the Guardian of the UK, by way of our very own White House:

A failure to reach a deal over the year-end automatic spending cuts and an expiration of tax breaks – known collectively as the fiscal cliff – would hit consumer spending and economic growth in the holiday season, according to the White House.

As Congress resumed after the Thanksgiving break and after the busiest shopping weekend of the year in the US, the Obama administration released a prediction that consumer confidence would take a significant hit if a deal was not reached.

Now, we can’t have any interference with the capitalist feeding frenzy that “celebrates” the Tiny Baby Jesus, can we? Thank Ford, Obama is looking out for the big corporate retailers; the truly needy this holiday season.

–KBM

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Mandatory Tuesday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! TGIF! Cliffhangers & a new kitty gif (Original Post) ralps Nov 2012 OP
Good Evening Truthseekers!! Liberal_Dog Nov 2012 #1
Hi Liberal_Dog, You're 1st ralps Nov 2012 #4
Hi Liberal_Dog! smokey nj Nov 2012 #9
Hi ralps! Hi Truthseekers! MzNov Nov 2012 #2
Hi MzNov Liberal_Dog Nov 2012 #5
Hi Liberal_Dog! MzNov Nov 2012 #8
Hi MzNov, Crook & I are doing good, How are you all doing? Hugs! & Yay! ralps Nov 2012 #6
LOLZ ralps. Luv the kitteh MzNov Nov 2012 #11
I do too! & I hope your thanksgiving was nice! ralps Nov 2012 #19
It was, thx! MzNov Nov 2012 #21
Hi MzNov! smokey nj Nov 2012 #12
Here's tonight's LOL Kittehs ralps Nov 2012 #3
Thanks ralps! smokey nj Nov 2012 #14
You're welcome smokey nj! I do too! ralps Nov 2012 #20
Hi ralps and my fellow truthseekers! smokey nj Nov 2012 #7
Hi smokey nj!, Crook & I are doing good, How are you all doing? Hugs! ralps Nov 2012 #10
Hey ralps! smokey nj Nov 2012 #16
I sure will! & please give your kitties Lots of scritches & tummy rubs from me! ralps Nov 2012 #22
Will do, ralps! smokey nj Nov 2012 #24
Hi smokey nj Liberal_Dog Nov 2012 #13
Hey Liberal_Dog! smokey nj Nov 2012 #17
Hi smokey nj! MzNov Nov 2012 #15
Hey MzNov! smokey nj Nov 2012 #18
OW!!! I just stubbed my danged toe heading for the computer. spiderpig Nov 2012 #23
Hi spiderpig! smokey nj Nov 2012 #25
Hi smokey! spiderpig Nov 2012 #28
Hi spiderpig Liberal_Dog Nov 2012 #26
Hi spiderpig!, Crook & I are doing good, How are you all doing? Hugs! & Oh no! ralps Nov 2012 #30
Isn't life goofy? spiderpig Nov 2012 #34
I think so! & I have no idea! ralps Nov 2012 #36
Good night truthseekers, have a great one tomorrow! smokey nj Nov 2012 #27
Good Night smokey nj, Have a great day tomorrow, Take Care & Keep It Lit!! ralps Nov 2012 #31
GASP!! "Libtalker Calls For Beheading Of Conservatives!!" alp227 Nov 2012 #29
Hi alp227, Thanks for the info & Link ralps Nov 2012 #32
Hi alp227 Liberal_Dog Nov 2012 #33
Kick ralps Nov 2012 #35
LOL. My kitten Sammy just did that on the couch. She's fine but slightly embarrassed. catbyte Nov 2012 #37
Hi catbyte, Oh dear! LOL ralps Nov 2012 #38
Good Night Everyone, Have a great day tomorrow, Take Care & Keep It Lit!! ralps Nov 2012 #39

MzNov

(18,531 posts)
11. LOLZ ralps. Luv the kitteh
Tue Nov 27, 2012, 10:06 PM
Nov 2012

We're fine here. Hope you had a nice T-giving!

Big smooches to Crook from the CA gang!

smokey nj

(43,853 posts)
12. Hi MzNov!
Tue Nov 27, 2012, 10:06 PM
Nov 2012

How are you and the fuzz crew doing tonight? Big s and lots of ear scratches and tummy rubs for everybody from me and the NJ catz!

smokey nj

(43,853 posts)
16. Hey ralps!
Tue Nov 27, 2012, 10:07 PM
Nov 2012

We're all hanging in there, thanks! Big s for you and my fuzzy buddy Crook! Please give him lots of ear scratches and tummy rubs from me and the NJ catz!

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
23. OW!!! I just stubbed my danged toe heading for the computer.
Tue Nov 27, 2012, 10:12 PM
Nov 2012

Remember when you were a kid and always had a stubbed toe from running around barefoot and falling down?

This was a blister-packed battery sitting on the floor in front of the desk.

OW!

smokey nj

(43,853 posts)
25. Hi spiderpig!
Tue Nov 27, 2012, 10:14 PM
Nov 2012

I hated stubbing my toes!! OUCH! Feel better! How are you, Mr. pig and the fuzzies doing tonight? Big s and lots of ear scratches and tummy rubs for everybody from me and the NJ catz!

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
34. Isn't life goofy?
Tue Nov 27, 2012, 11:06 PM
Nov 2012

They say your longest relationships are with your siblings, because they know you from childhood until one or the other of you kicks the bucket.

My sister an I reminisce about all kinds of junk from our childhood, like running through the sprinkler and stepping on a bumblebee. The only bee sting I've ever had.

Did you have one of those oscillating sprinklers that fanned outward and went back and forth? Do they even make those anymore?

ralps

(77,744 posts)
36. I think so! & I have no idea!
Wed Nov 28, 2012, 12:10 AM
Nov 2012

the big thing I remember about my relationship w/ my sister is me crewing for her in a Cub boat (photo of one below) and trying to catch it with my thumb out (a dumb thing to do!) so it wouldn't hit the pier. the boat broke my thumb!



alp227

(32,037 posts)
29. GASP!! "Libtalker Calls For Beheading Of Conservatives!!"
Tue Nov 27, 2012, 10:30 PM
Nov 2012


So says "radio equalizer"!

Whose hits include "REAGAN To Blame For Black Friday Crowds: Libtalk Kook" ( regarding Monday's Thom Hartmann show, taking a minute long snip from thom's vid "Walmart's Hunger Games".

Don't read the comments sections after any RE videos, ESPECIALLY the ones targeting Al Sharpton.
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