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Will DC wreck the economy again? - 1 - Investing & politics - MSN Money
Europe had hammered out an against-the-odds agreement to save Greece and bolster its bailout fund. The U.S. economy was revving up again with a solid third-quarter report on the gross domestic product. And central banks around the world were opening the floodgates, washing the financial markets in more cheap cash.
Then it all went wrong. It went wrong because of politicians. It went wrong because of democracy. And it's about to go wrong again if the bipartisan "supercommittee" in Congress fails to agree on at least $1.2 trillion in budget savings over the next 10 years through tax hikes and cuts to popular programs like Medicare and defense spending.
The committee's deadline is Nov. 23 -- a week from now. And hopes are not running high.
It's worth remembering that the economy looked ready to rev up in late June and early July, before the debt and deficit mess in Washington in August. And it looks like the politicians are ready to derail the nascent recovery. Again.
Europe had hammered out an against-the-odds agreement to save Greece and bolster its bailout fund. The U.S. economy was revving up again with a solid third-quarter report on the gross domestic product. And central banks around the world were opening the floodgates, washing the financial markets in more cheap cash.
Then it all went wrong. It went wrong because of politicians. It went wrong because of democracy. And it's about to go wrong again if the bipartisan "supercommittee" in Congress fails to agree on at least $1.2 trillion in budget savings over the next 10 years through tax hikes and cuts to popular programs like Medicare and defense spending.
The committee's deadline is Nov. 23 -- a week from now. And hopes are not running high.
It's worth remembering that the economy looked ready to rev up in late June and early July, before the debt and deficit mess in Washington in August. And it looks like the politicians are ready to derail the nascent recovery. Again.
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