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Re: US Election - It's President Obama
« Reply #60 on: January 02, 2013, 01:50:19 PM »
It'll pass. They are debating it now a vote will be held within the next hour or 2.

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Re: US Election - It's President Obama
« Reply #61 on: January 02, 2013, 10:01:06 PM »
All done .......... well for the next two months anyway until we go through it all again over a debt reduction strategy.
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Re: US Election - It's President Obama
« Reply #62 on: January 02, 2013, 10:29:46 PM »
So they effectively got a limit increase on their credit card  :birthday

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Re: US Election - It's President Obama
« Reply #63 on: January 02, 2013, 10:41:04 PM »
So they effectively got a limit increase on their credit card  :birthday

Nope that's to do with the debt ceiling which needs to be raised in around 2 months time.

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Re: US Election - It's President Obama
« Reply #64 on: January 02, 2013, 10:50:46 PM »
I thought that's what happened. Sorry, skimmed a few posts.

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Re: US Election - It's President Obama
« Reply #65 on: January 02, 2013, 11:02:41 PM »
I thought that's what happened. Sorry, skimmed a few posts.

Hooray for capitalism  :birthday

Basically all what happened was the spending which needs to be addressed was kicked down the road further. While the tax rate increased on singles earning over 400k, couples over 450k, capital gains and dividends.

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Re: US Election - It's President Obama
« Reply #66 on: January 02, 2013, 11:10:05 PM »
Cheers.  :cheers I did hear a mention on the news last night of that being discussed.