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Originally Posted by Merlin
There is about even odds between our current "leaders" reaching a viable agreement before the deadline and Notre Dame winning their next game.
The current hired staff constructed the "poison pill" which they now hold in their hand opposite the glass of water. Little doubt that the lack of an approved budget in the past three years forebodes the likely result.
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Is that viable as in something that is acceptable to both sides and to the country in general, or viable enough to be able to stay in office? Viable to me means that I will pay more, the wealthy will pay more, the lower incomes will pay at least something, meaning elimination of EIC. Social Security will have to be streamlined and people that make over 109K will have to pay SS taxes on all income, not just the first 109K. SS will need to be revamped to a retirement supplement on a need basis. If you retire making as much or more than you made while working I see no need to have that supplemented by the government. This is just a bare start as to what needs to be done. Both parties have had their hands in this mess going back decades, and they are both going to have to quit blaming each other and get to figuring out how to fix it.