I guess for the next 6 months all were going to hear is fiscal cliff this and fiscal cliff that, remember the date is Jan 1st, 2013. Now lets think here for just a second, do you really think congress isnt going to act, of course they are going to act...Why anyone is even wasting their time thinking they wont act is beyond me. So now we have to read articles like this suggesting that IF they dont act there will be millions of jobs lost and a gdp thats going to sink as much as 4% in the first 6 months of 2013...these are the tactics they will use in order to prevent any tax hikes or budget cuts from taking effect come Jan 2013. They talk about a deep recession if the fiscal cliff isnt solved, now keep in mind there cant be another recession when were in the same recession right now that has been happening since 2007. Fiscal Cliff: 1 Million Defense Jobs at Risk by 2014 By Stacy Curtin | Daily Ticker â 1 hour 36 minutes ago Congress has six months to prevent the U.S. economy from falling off the so-called fiscal cliff. If Congress does not act, on Jan. 1, 2013 a mix of tax hikes and $1.2 trillion in budget cuts are set to take effect, which the Congressional Budget Office says will likely throw the country back into recession. Most economists agree that failing to act will have about a $600 billion drag on the economy in 2013. But little discussion has been given to the direct impact on jobs, particularly in the defense sector, which will suffer from half of the budget cuts. The $500 billion cut to defense spending would be phased in over 10 years with $55 billion to take effect next year. A recent study by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), a lobbying and advocacy group, found that more than 1 million private sector jobs could be lost by 2014 due to fiscal constraints. The proposed job cuts would increase the national unemployment rate by 0.7 percent and decrease Gross Domestic Product by nearly 1 percent, according to NAM. Lockheed Martin (LMT) recently warned that the majority of its 100,000-plus workforce is at risk of being laid off due to the federal budget cuts to defense; however, the defense contractor said it would ultimately reduce just a small percentage of its workforce after the cuts took effect. Other defense companies will likely follow suit in cutting back on labor costs. The presidential election will definitely have an effect on the outcome of this fiscal cliff, but by then it may be too late. Companies planning mass layoffs must give workers a 60-day notice before final dismal. In the accompanying interview, Dorothy Coleman, vice president of tax and domestic economic policy at NAM, joined The Daily Ticker to discuss her organization's report. She says the reaction NAM has received from members of Congress about the fiscal cliff is disconcerting. "Members of Congress have really not heard too much about" the economic impact of the cuts and tax implications, says Coleman, something she and NAM are trying to change. There are rumors floating around the Hill of a potential back-door deal to push the looming deadline from Jan. 1 until March 2013. But without a comprehensive solution, this move would only delay the inevitable shock to the U.S. economy.
--Congress has six months to prevent the U.S. economy from falling off the so-called fiscal cliff. If Congress does not act, on Jan. 1, 2013 a mix of tax hikes and $1.2 trillion in budget cuts are set to take effect, which the Congressional Budget Office says will likely throw the country back into recession.---s o f** be it.let it go. enough of this nonsense 'stimulation' . it's ain't working anyway
We are suffering from a surplus human population in the US. Automation has replaced many jobs done by humans, and cheap Asian labors also replacing a big chunk. So nothing we do will stem the problem. Unless some major war on our soil or Plague kills off 30% of our population.