Fiscal Cliff: Do Tax Hikes Worry You?
We’d like to hear from you on how the possible tax hikes would impact your family.
With New Year’s just around the corner, all eyes are turning to Washington, D.C., where lawmakers are working to prevent America from falling off the so-called fiscal cliff. That cliff, according to the Huffington Post, is the automatic activation of budget cuts and tax hikes that will kick in on Jan. 1, 2013, if something isn’t done to prevent them. As it stands right now, no agreement has been reached between the Democrats and Republicans to prevent the financial changes from occurring. Some economists say the budget cuts and tax hikes will catapult America back into another recession. President Barack Obama has cut his holiday vacation short, according to the Post, and is returning to Washington to try and work out a deal. Republicans …
Marlene Mitchell
5:07 pm on Sunday, December 30, 2012
(invision giant eye roll) Not the GOVERNMENTS fault for spending us into the poor house...nope, not our benevolent politicians. Even Obama stated that the tax increase for the upper 5% won't make a dent but that he wanted them to pay extra anyway to be "FAIR". To be REALLY fair, how about our elected officials NOT be exempt from what the lowly taxpayer has to do.....and you can start with … more ›