As the Cliff Approaches the President and Leadership of Both Parties Fiddle... Really
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -vs- Tyranny Perhaps this is a large part of the problem? The Weekly Standard - Senate majority leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, made his "fiscal cliff" position clear in a press conference today. "We are not going to do anything," said Reid. Reid added, "We are not taking up anything they are working on over there." The top Democrat in the Senate was explaining his inaction on the House plan, the proposal put forward by Republican John Boehner, the speaker of the House of Representatives. Boehner's plan is being referred to as 'Plan B.' { Read More } But as there always is two sides, maybe this is a small part of the problem? Politico - Speaker John Boehner, using his harshest tone of the fiscal cliff debate, said the White House has “done nothing” since he relented on letting low tax rates lapse on wealthy Americans. “For weeks the White House said if I moved on rates, that they wo...