Cbs 20121221 FISCAL CLIFF

It’s time to play Fill in the …BLANKS.   This is DR.

Fill in the Blanks where you get a chance to participate in today’s commentary.

Last night House Republicans couldn’t bring themselves to pass Plan B, which was a compromise proposed by Speaker John Boehner to preserve the current tax cuts for everyone except Americans making OVER A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.  Which would have meant mean raising taxes on the top .19% of taxpayers.  As House Speaker John Boehner explained:

BOEHNER:  They were dealing of with a perception that someone might accuse them of raising taxes.  Merry Christmas everybody.
 
And as a result, we now face a big increase in taxes on everyone.

So now let’s Fill in the Blanks.  Ready?  …READY.   Last night, House Republicans refused to pass  …PLAN B…

Because most of the members thought that … IT WAS ABOUT CONTRACEPTIVES.

No!  Because they thought keeping taxes high on the top .19%  would look bad…. LOOK BAD.  Right.  

However this means taxes are also going to go up on the middle class, which not only looks bad but would … KILL THE ECONOMY

At the same time, making sudden across the board spending cuts is bad because it would … KILL THE ECONOMY

But if you don’t do that, it increase the debt which according to some people would also … KILL THE ECONOMY.

So what we’ve decided to is …NOTHING.  Which will … KILL THE ECONOMY.

All because raising taxes on high-income Americans would … LOOK BAD.

All of which proves … THE MAYANS WERE RIGHT

BOEHNER:  “Merry Christmas, everybody”

Now this.