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grahamhgreen

(15,741 posts)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 12:34 PM Nov 2012

There is no fiscal cliff; it's The Budget Control Act of 2011:

We need to make the Cons say they are against "Budget Control", that's what the fiscal bluff is actually called, using the term cliff loses the fight before we start.

Either they want to reduce the deficit, or they're just blowing smoke (ie, want to destroy SS, and give the money to banksters and war profiteers).

Either they're for budget control, or they're agin it:

It's the Bugdet Contol act of 2011:

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s365enr/pdf/BILLS-112s365enr.pdf


We need to use the terms Fiscal Bluff & Budget Control, exclusively, IMHO.

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There is no fiscal cliff; it's The Budget Control Act of 2011: (Original Post) grahamhgreen Nov 2012 OP
"Fiscal Bluff" hits it on the head. Faryn Balyncd Nov 2012 #1
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