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Then fast forward this most repetitive movie ever to the end of last year, december 2012. we were about to go off the fiscal cliff until, dun, dun, dun, we got an 11th hour deal. actually, with the fiscal cliff we got kind of a 13th hour deal because technically they did go over the cliff and then after they fell they kind of reached back up and found a low-hanging branch that was hanging off 9 end of the cliff and they grabbed the branch and they were able to pull themselves back up over the cliff. they really do keep creating these cliffs and brinks and crises and then veering to safety ri...

But we're going to self-inflict this crisis. running up to that brink got our nation's credit rating downgraded. and that was so much fun, they didn't even wait three months for the next self-imposed crisis. they threatened another shutdown in september 2011. this time shutdown averted with just days to spare. and then we took a break for the election. and as soon as the election was over, everybody rushed back to the brink. december 2012, the fiscal cliff. self-imposed crisis. economic armageddon. everybody cancel your new year's plans. we have arranged a new crisis for ourselves. and as plan...

Didn't even wait three months for the next self-imposed crisis. they threatened another shutdown in september 2011. this time shutdown averted with just days to spare. and then we took a break for the election. and as soon as the election was over, everybody rushed back to the brink. december 2012, the fiscal cliff. self-imposed crisis. economic armageddon. everybody cancel your new year's plans. we have arranged a new crisis for ourselves. and as planned, we are on if brink. and now we're having another one. it's apparently our odd year cycle now. when we're in an odd year when there isn't an...

They threatened another shutdown in september 2011. this time shutdown averted with just days to spare. and then we took a break for the election. and as soon as the election was over, everybody rushed back to the brink. december 2012, the fiscal cliff. self-imposed crisis. economic armageddon. everybody cancel your new year's plans. we have arranged a new crisis for ourselves. and as planned, we are on if brink. and now we're having another one. it's apparently our odd year cycle now. when we're in an odd year when there isn't an election going on, every two or three months, we put the countr...

55% of haitians were living on less than $1.25 a day before the earthquake. $666 was the per capital annual income. and 50% half of haiti was 18 years or youngerment the international community responded quickly, and what we are learning now is that some of the help may have contributed to the problem. here is what i mean. the total damages in haiti were estimated 7.8 mi$7.8 million bo terms of physical and economic losses. since december 2012, $13.34 billion in humanitarian and ethquake recovery have been planned for the earthquake response through 2020, be but slightly less than that half, 4...