Congressional Impasse Could Stymie Economic Recovery

• Report this Comment On December 21, 2011, at 11:54 PM, MichaelDSimms wrote:

  If our economy depends on unemployment payments in order to grow. We have some serious issues. I hardly think the unemployed are buying Starbucks coffee, Fords or Apple products, or that matter going on buying spree's at Amazon, they may perhaps be eating at McDonald's. Get real.

• Report this Comment On December 22, 2011, at 9:53 AM, TMFGrgurich wrote:

  I agree that we need more than unemployment wages and a 2% tax cut to stimulate the economy, but every little bit helps right now.

  This recovery, if it really is one, is terribly fragile. And if it's not the money itself making a difference, it's the consumer confidence that comes with knowing you have the benefits to rely on, or that extra $100 in your pocket every month.

  Thanks for the comment. Happy holidays.

• Report this Comment On December 22, 2011, at 2:52 PM, GordonsGecko wrote:

  Pray tell us all... what HAS congress done this year that has actually helped any kind of recovery? Seems to me that all they do is point fingers and blame in an effort to make themselves look the lesser of two abominable evils.

  The two party "system" is nothing more than a ponzi scheme to defraud the American people of their wealth, their health and their dignity.

  Until the dirty money is removed from D.C., there is truly no real incentive for politicians to do ANYTHING that is in the best interest of the public...unless that something is needed to get re-elected and keep the gravy train rolling.

  What will 2011 be remembered for politically?

  1. The way that politicians lobbied and used the debt ceiling as a bargaining tool instead of working together for the common good of the people and the economy.

  2. The not-so-subtle way in which the OWS people were essentially and eventually quieted. Their freedom of speech and expression were stripped right before our eyes. They may have been unorganized and leaderless, but their hearts were in the right place. They should have been in DC and not Wall Street, but at least they spoke up. They KNEW and shouted how the system is rigged... only to be silenced by the very government that is supposed to protect their rights. An utter atrocity if you truly understand what really happened.

  3. Yet another game of political grab-ass between Rep's and Dem's...each trying to see who will blink first and playing games so that they can "blame" the other side for the mess come election time. It's not about unemployment benefits or SS tax relief. It's about getting elected, stupid.

  There is nothing Foolish about how our government continues to fail the American public. All I see are a bunch of fools....who can't see that eventually you can only push the crowd around for so long.

  The day of reckoning is coming...and it won't be pretty. Don't rely on the government to save you. Save yourselves. Educate yourselves. Live below your means. Invest as much as you can. Invest wisely.

  Stay Foolish.

• Report this Comment On December 22, 2011, at 2:59 PM, whereaminow wrote:

  Well if the Toilet Paper of Record says it, the opposite must be true.

  I'm so glad I don't look to the State to care for me from cradle to grave. It must be so incredibly demeaning to have an overlord who quibbles over the pennies he will return to you from the dollars he has previously stolen. It must be even worse once you consider that the functionaries making these decisions would very likely lose an intelligence contest with a monkey.

  That's your overlord. How did you let this happen?

  David

• Report this Comment On December 22, 2011, at 3:07 PM, GordonsGecko wrote:

  Drunk monkeys at that....

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