Post by Adriana Velez
Americans, the Fiscal Cliff games have begun! It's turning out to be a brutal fight, and there's a lot of numbers getting thrown around. But here's the one number I care about right now: I want my two thousand dollars. I'm like that paper boy in the movie Better Off Dead yelling "I want my two dollars!" Just add a few zeroes. That $2,200 is the average amount a middle-class household will pay more in taxes if Washington doesn't come to an agreement before January. And you know what the killer is? If it wants to, Congress can agree to extend middle-class tax cuts now, before it digs into the bigger, messier arguments about raising taxes for wealthier households and cutting spending. Here's why.![]()
Americans, the Fiscal Cliff games have begun! It's turning out to be a brutal fight, and there's a lot of numbers getting thrown around. But here's the one number I care about right now: I want my two thousand dollars. I'm like that paper boy in the movie Better Off Dead yelling "I want my two dollars!" Just add a few zeroes. That $2,200 is the average amount a middle-class household will pay more in taxes if Washington doesn't come to an agreement before January. And you know what the killer is? If it wants to, Congress can agree to extend middle-class tax cuts now, before it digs into the bigger, messier arguments about raising taxes for wealthier households and cutting spending. Here's why.