CURRENT Viewpoint With Eliot Spitzer November 30, 2012
Well received. Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner met with House Speaker john boehner and laid out a detailed list from president obama that includes 1. 6 trillion in tax increase over ten years. More stimulus spending to boost the economy including Home Mortgage refinancing and the permanent end to congressional control over the debt ceiling. In return, president obama is offering republicans 400 billion in entitlement cuts over ten years. Still to be negotiated. Mr. Obama also wants emergency Unemployment Benefits and a temporary payroll tax holiday extended along with the Infrastructure Sp...