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Economist Says the US Will Flip Back Into Recession Without a Fiscal Cliff Deal

By Patrick   Follow   Sun, 18 Nov 2012, 1:12pm   505 views   6 comments
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In an interview with WSJ's Jerry Seib, the founder of the Congressional Budget Office, Alice Rivlin, says a temporary deal to raise taxes on those earning $250,000 or more could lay the groundwork for an overhaul of the U.S. tax code.

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1. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (17) 785 threads 7,962 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

   1   2:13pm Sun 18 Nov 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   The word recession is meaningless. What matters is that we are still recovering from the depression. And its going to be quit a few more years.

2. CaptainShuddup Follow Befriend (1) 296 threads 5,266 comments

   2   7:46am Tue 20 Nov 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   We need more recessions and less Bernankessions. Resesscions end eventually, there's just no end in sight for the Bernankession. I mean the prices rise, and there's no inflation. Wages plummet and it's reported wages are rising. Employment above 20% and it's reported at 7.8%. Explain to me again why a recession would be so bad?

3. Bellingham Bill Follow Befriend 31 threads 1,534 comments Bellingham, WA Premium

   3   9:24am Tue 20 Nov 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Nation's been living on credit since 1999 -- first the corporate debt of the dotcom era, then the household debt of the housing boom, and now the government debt of the "recovery". To fix things taxes have to double in this country. Across the board, more or less.

4. David9 Follow Befriend (3) 28 threads 772 comments Tarzana, CA

   4   9:31am Tue 20 Nov 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   I know what I see. When I first moved to California, there was a three year waiting list for any available storefront along Ventura Boulevard stretching from Sherman Oaks to Woodland Hills. Still, from Sherman Oaks to Woodland Hills there are empty and available commercial properties.

5. uomo_senza_nome Follow Befriend (13) 787 threads 1,542 comments

   5   10:00am Tue 20 Nov 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Investment falls off a cliff . We don't even need to cross the stupid fiscal cliff, companies are already cutting capital investments. i.e., companies are already pricing in a reduction in economic activity. Doesn't matter what the idiots in Washington do.

6. uomo_senza_nome Follow Befriend (13) 787 threads 1,542 comments

   6   12:27pm Tue 20 Nov 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Dan8267 says The word recession is meaningless It is meaningful to the degree that the most common users of the word (read: mainstream media) engage in the Management of Perspective Economics (MOPE).