"In a few years, we'll all collectively wonder how it was possible that most missed all the negative consequences associated with 4 rounds of quantitative easing." Hey Brutus - ain't it the truth. We sure love our delusions - and desperately hold on to them tightly... right up until it becomes obvious to all that......more

This headline should be "Now we need who the old Obama PRETENDED to be".  Rational compromise and negotiation are simply not part of this pretender's personal skill set.

This "fiscal cliff" is eminent and unavoidable because of our own "generational greed". We want a whole bunch of "entitlements" to make us feel "secure" in our own lazy, fat-azzed sense of worth -but paid for by someone else. After all - we are Americans!  We are entitled!  So who  can we pass our unconscionable debt u...more

Brutus625 - I've agreed with most, and always enjoyed your perspectives for a while now. But short of an actual revolution - what can be done? As much as you or I might like to see it - Gary Johnson will not be our next President. Nor will a "protest vote" do anything to change that fact. I have voted "libertaria...more

"He has given to Americans what Europeans have  taken for granted for 77 years namely Universal Health Coverage." Fred, you forgot to add - " because we can plainly see, how well that is working out for them" !

"4 more, 4 more, 4 more, 4 more years.........." Re-tog, you forgot to add -  " because we can plainly see, how well that is working out for US" !

What an initially engrossing...then meandering...and finally ...pointless... story!

" Reading full statements (not those redacted) and working to understand the issues and their proposed solutions is our duty as citizens." PLUS - looking at candidates's track records - WHAT THEY HAVE ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED - would be ideal for every voter. It is by-god-remarkable that a sitting POTUS could have vi...more

Bingo. It also creates huge mis-allocations of that easy money, which end up producing nothing of lasting value or returns on investment. All that's left are bubbles and impossible-to-pay-ba ​ ck DEBT.