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Washington – New Year's Day didn't bring the end of the world any more than that dreaded day in December 2012 predicted by the Mayan calendar.
After
all the tough talk and threats, most people won't have to worry about
skyrocketing taxes and massive spending cuts implicit in the dreaded
“fiscal cliff” scheduled for January 1, 2013.
In
a massive flip flop of constitutional authority, members of the House
of Representatives approved a compromise solution worked out between
the key leadership of both parties in the Senate, and agreed to raise
taxes on only the wealthiest two percent of America's top earners.
Article
1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution grants the power to lay and
levy taxes on the lower chamber, not the Senate.
Bipartisan
approval of the scheme amounted to a huge margin as 257 members of
the House of Representatives voted aye and 167 nay to rubber stamp
the deal that calls for an income tax increase from 35% to 39.6% for
single earners who report income of $400,000 or more and couples
whose returns report $450,000.
The
measure extends unemployment compensation to long-term unemployed who
are looking for work; prevents cuts in fees for doctors who accept
Medicare payments; cancels a $900 pay increase for lawmakers that was
due in March; and prevents a spike in milk prices.
The measure passes from the halls of Congress to the desk of the President for a signature for its approval.
THE LEGENDARY HATH SPOKEN...
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