Forget the fiscal cliff, only about 3 more weeks left to max out the credit cards as Doomsday approaches! Mostly for lottery tickets so I will have a rosy future with the winnings Oh wait-- I guess I lose either way

I notice entire Asian families are starting to work at the local Wal mart..$9 an hour times 6 equals $54 an hour household income. Not too shabby! Kind of like a convenience store with a white owner but at least Mom gets to be the floor supervisor. AND everybody qualifies for food stamps!

Who is more looked down on by the GOP? The unemployed or a part time Wal Mart worker. Both are living in poverty and sucking on the govt dole

Do not most people get food stamps because companies like Wal Mart pay poverty level wages? How is that their fault-- or Obama's.----- Besides not being able to afford an education either

If you put out clothes out to dry in Seattle between November and April they will just rot away. The dishes might get dry. You will just have to hang them in your wood heated living room- if there is no burn ban in place

It's a survivalist doomsday prepper's technique along with no cell phones or anything to do with banks. Pay cash from under the mattress for ammo and canned goods

You forgot Monsanto and their seed patents determining what we eat at the lowest cost possible

CL. Obama owns what lock stock and barrel ? Polls show the public will overwhelmingly blame the GOP if we go over the cliff and Middle Class taxes go up. That would not bode well for 2014. You can no longer hate Obama out of office, 2016 will not be about him  And my neighbor can blame Cantor and Ryan for his defense c...more

On the revenue side, simply ELIMINATE any and all deductions taken by the Upper Class, maybe even the deductions for self and dependents. If that isn't enough, raise the Capital gains tax back up to the level it was under the Boom Years of the Clinton Era-- 28%