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What is the Fiscal Cliff?
The Fiscal Cliff Explained “Fiscal cliff” is the popular shorthand term used to describe the conundrum that the U.S. government will face at the end of 2012, when the terms of the Budget Control Act […]
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Going Over the Cliff: What Changes, What Doesn’t
The good news: It won’t be the end of the world. The bad news: Going over the cliff could create problems that no one should have to deal with, simply because Congress and the White […]
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Over the Fiscal Cliff: How Hard a Landing?
WASHINGTON — Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end “fiscal cliff” were in disarray as lawmakers fled the Capitol for their Christmas break. “God only knows” how a deal can be reached now, […]
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Spending to Increase 55 Percent Under Obama’s Plan
Spending will increase 55 percent over the next decade, if President Barack Obama’s budget plan goes into effect. The finding comes from the Republican-side of the Senate Budget Committee, which notes that Obama’s “Proposal Would […]
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Lawmakers: We’re Likely to Go Over the ‘Fiscal Cliff’
Top U.S. lawmakers voiced rising fear on Sunday that the country would go over “the fiscal cliff” in nine days, triggering harsh spending cuts and tax hikes, and some Republicans charged that was President Barack […]
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Bloomberg: Gun Control Should be Obama’s ‘Number One Agenda’
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) said Sunday that gun control should be President Obama’s “number one agenda,” in the wake of Friday’s deadly mass shooting at a Connecticut school. “It’s time for the […]
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John Obringer, Colorado Landlord, Threatens To Raise Rent For Tenants Who Voted For Obama
They say you shouldn’t mix business and politics, but one landlord is doing just that. John Obringer, landlord of Casa Adobe Apartments in Colorado Spring, Colo., issued a letter to his tenants on Nov. 27 […]