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Whovian

(2,866 posts) Tue Nov 27, 2012, 08:26 AM Nov 2012

Worried about the "fiscal cliff"? [View all]

Heed the words of H.L. Mencken: "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."

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Worried about the "fiscal cliff"? [View all] Whovian Nov 2012 OP

when a family's taxes go up by $4000-$6000 per year ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2012 #1

and what families will this increase happen to? Whovian Nov 2012 #2

oh, let's see ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2012 #3

Actually, i did not. Could you enlighten me? Whovian Nov 2012 #4

wow... there IS one left... ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2012 #5

maybe this will cheer you up... ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2012 #6

Right, because I'm POSITIVE that the "non-partisan" (LOL) Tax Foundation . . . HughBeaumont Nov 2012 #13

i guess the others don't matter either... n/t ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2012 #15

IMO ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #16

maybe you read Yahoo! ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2012 #7

more financial rag-oriented... ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2012 #8

hell, just prepping for it could hurt ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2012 #9

hope you don't know anyone who lives on dividends (like a lot of seniors) ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2012 #10

hell, even Bloomberg agrees ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2012 #11

Isn't it more like $2000? That's $40 a week. godai Nov 2012 #14

A right-wing scare meme that's about as false as the WMD NOT in Iraq: HughBeaumont Nov 2012 #12

and YOU complained about a 'partisan' review... ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2012 #17

Kick woo me with science Nov 2012 #18