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Cancel The Stupid Sequester

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Ok, if you are like me, you’ve read the news, and watched your favorite round table discussions on the sequester.  You’ve heard everything from panicked predictions of hardship to complete indifference.  Well, I have had just about enough of this, since it is not necessary at all.  Most people don’t need a doomsday deadline to get them to do their jobs, so why should the legislature?

Congress should just repeal sequestration and get back to work.

If I could communicate with them I would say this: GROW UP!!  Stop blaming each other, stop yakking at the news outlet cameras, and posturing in preparation for primary season.  Continue reading →

Fiscal Cliff: Crisis Delayed

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So, most of us were relieved that there was news of a compromise reached in Washington, that a bandage was slapped on to the mess our nation’s finances are in.

For most of the United States, 2012 has been a difficult and challenging year, replete with extreme weather phenomena, tragic losses of life, and one of the most polarizing elections of modern times, so I understand why the average American just wants to move on.  We are weary.  We’ve all had enough uncertainty, we need to be able to spend without worrying as much for awhile.  Our economy depends on it.

The new legislation keeps the Bush era tax cuts for persons making less than $400,000 and couples making less that $450,000.  It also makes permanent the fixes for the Alternative Minimum Tax and delays government spending cuts for two months.  Continue reading →