Howard Dean: Let's Drive Over the Fiscal Cliff.

[GURPS (Premo)]

how about the Spending Levels of the Clinton Era as well .........





and on MSNDNC;

Howard Dean: Let’s Go Over the Fiscal Cliff


Going over the fiscal cliff may not be such a bad thing after all, former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean claimed on Thursday.

He said ending the Bush-era tax breaks at the same time that $1.1 trillion is cut from the budget could be for the best in the long-term.

[video at link]

“We will get a lot more deficit reduction if we do the fiscal cliff,” the former Vermont governor said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. “I actually think the markets will reward the fiscal cliff over a period.

“There will be some panic and some moaning and groaning, but the fiscal cliff is not a real cliff, it’s a slope, and you are going to get the biggest bang for the buck in terms of deficit reduction.”

Dean, who ran for the White House in 2004, said the economy will be able to withstand the effects of the cliff. “Yes we will go into two quarters of recession,” he said.

“But we are in deep trouble here, somebody’s going to have to pay the bill and it is going to have to be all of us and you get a much better tax bang if you go back to Bill Clinton’s tax rates.”

Despite his views, Dean said he believed the two parties in Washington will reach a deal to avoid the cliff.

all about progressive Ideology - NOT about the country


Fiscal Cliff = Dems get Defense Spending cuts and Higher TAXES on EVERYONE


oh and the recession will be minor - he I did not think we were out of the LAST Recession

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

I don't see the problem; he is right about a lot of what he says.

[Gilligan (Premo)]

I believe that Barry is more than happy to see all of the Bush tax cuts expire. Perfect scenario for him, I would think: He gets his wanted tax revenue and gets to blame the GOP for it.

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Gilligan

I believe that Barry is more than happy to see all of the Bush tax cuts expire. Perfect scenario for him, I would think: He gets his wanted tax revenue and gets to blame the GOP for it.

No way. All of this will blow up in Obama's face and it will, finally, be seen for what is it; the Obama messed up, Bush III economy. Count on it.



Now, about that Potus Mitt prediction of mine...

[Gilligan (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Larry Gude

No way. All of this will blow up in Obama's face and it will, finally, be seen for what is it; the Obama messed up, Bush III economy. Count on it.



Now, about that Potus Mitt prediction of mine...

Counting....

[Rommey]

A couple of points that Mr. Dean hit upon:

1. Republicans don't balance a budget, yet he cites that the last balanced budget was under Clinton. Wasn't Newt and the boys running Congress at that time?
2. He wants to go back to the rates under Clinton, yet Obama only wants the top bracket rates to go back to that level. Kind of a disconnect in the Dems talking points...
3. He complains about the Congress not getting anything done "since the Republicans took over", yet fails to admit that the Dems have controlled the Senate for a while. And how much of anything has come out of the Senate in the past two years?
4. He complains about the the lack of a balanced budget, yet fails to mention that the past 3 years there has been NO budget passed, and all the President's budget proposals have fail to get any votes in Congress.