Comments for Washington Post Pushes Mayan End of the World Story on Fiscal Cliff at http://www.cepr.net , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.cepr.net Thu, 23 May 2013 22:13:39 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/washington-post-pushes-mayan-end-of-the-world-story-on-fiscal-cliff#comment-20893 schultz is like any modern day ceo in america, he wants to control his employees & make them think the way he wants them to. howie would be very happy if they all became tea party robots. oh, & by the way we will have a recession regardless of whatever goofy "grand bargain" comes about. also don't be too sure that we will always be able to pay our debts. if the dollar eventually is no longer the world currency, then inflation is no longer "a very remote risk". - mel in oregon Thu, 27 Dec 2012 08:43:12 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/washington-post-pushes-mayan-end-of-the-world-story-on-fiscal-cliff#comment-20879 Neither the Speaker nor the President count the expiration of the payroll tax cut as a tax increase. If they did, we'd have over a trillion dollars in additional tax increases over the 10 year budget window. The taxes that are going up on dead people count but not the taxes on working Americans. - Robert Salzberg Thu, 27 Dec 2012 01:18:17 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/washington-post-pushes-mayan-end-of-the-world-story-on-fiscal-cliff#comment-20878 The President counts savings on interest in his total while the Speaker does not even though the Republicans included interest costs when talking about the costs of the ARA. Here's a link to a Wonkblog post with the interest savings that get the President's plan to 1:1 if you don't count stimulus as spending as the President proposes: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/12/22/obamas-small-deal-could-lead-to-bigger-tax-increases/ - Robert Salzberg Thu, 27 Dec 2012 01:12:37 +0100