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Congress looks for footholds on the fiscal cliff - The Trail

Thursday, November 08, 2012 - 02:24

Just a day after national elections shifted the American political landscape, Speaker of the House John Boehner says he's ready to consider more revenue to avert the fiscal cliff - a combination of automatic spending cuts and expiring tax breaks that economists say could deal the recovering economy a crippling blow. (November 7, 2012)

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-- election was pretty clear in a number way. The president campaigns. Around the country saying. We we know what I'll start with this fiscal problem we just need to wrap -- it. That was. The issue. The mandate was look at all the faithful look at all the polling. The vast majority of the American people rich or everybody agrees that the rich. Richest of the rich have to help a little bit for voters have to make the choice we're we're willing to work something out were willing to work it out sooner rather than later. I don't know what. They think they benefit by. Waiting until. Sequestration could send. The president has called for a balanced approach to the deficit commission spending cuts increased revenues. But a balanced approach is a balanced -- -- means higher taxes on small businesses. That are the key to get our economy movie -- and keeping them move. What we can't do -- over the -- -- them manner. That serves as a down payment on and a catalyst for major solutions inactive and when he thirteen. But to begin to solve the Perot. And for the purposes of forging bipartisan agreement that begins to -- the problem we're willing to accept new revenue under the right conditions. What matters is worthy -- revenue comes from and what type of reform and what. As president this is your moment. We're ready to be led. Not as Democrats or Republicans. But as Americans. We wanted -- as a liberal or conservative. But -- president of the United States of America. We want to -- succeed. Let's challenge ourselves to find the common ground and resolute us let's rise above the dysfunction. And do the right thing together for our country. They -- fiscal cliff in its totality of his lab to occur -- four percentage points hit two -- pick. Let's take this into recession next year and that is and in no party's interest I don't care what side okay -- -- president appeared in the congress -- don't care what party and it's not in your interest. We have to have taken something away from all of this right. Are there lessons to be learned what do we learned there are if you want to remain president -- states you get behind Detroit.