Congress, playing "chicken" with Americans, our economy and our collective futures

This whole "fiscal cliff" thing is nothing if not infuriating.

They created this entire mess, more than a year ago, they're the only ones who can "fix" it, yet they haven't, as we all are so painfully aware.

Now, here they are, at the last hour, trying to get a deal, a compromise, done.

In the meantime, they hold the American economy and this fragile recovery in their hands.

Idjuts.

According to Bruce Bartlett (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Bartlett) just now from his Facebook page, "...Republicans have torpedoed the last minute effort to avoid the fiscal cliff by demanding a permanent cut in Social Security benefits for current and future beneficiaries."

Nearly unbelievable.

If there's a "silver lining" to this economic cloud, if there's anything good about this whole sad, sorry mess, it's that the entire Congress--all its members--are in Washington right now, where they don't want to be, when they should be at home, with their families.

Happy new year.

Links:  http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/nm/senate-leaders-still-have-no-fiscal-cliff-deal-time-running-out-senior-aide

http://news.yahoo.com/sen-charles-schumer-more-50-50-chance-reaching-164601600--abc-news-politics.html

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