What Could Go Right (and Wrong) for the Economy in 2012

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Reserve currencies and the banking systems that create them are the single greatest civil rights crimes on the planet.
Until governments reclaim their sovereign authority and power to issue national currencies there can be no equitable distribution of resources or economic justice. Privately owned banking cartels create money as bookkeeping entries lending it at interest to government who can never repay both the principal and the interest because nobody created the extra money for the interest payments. When national debts go unpaid, the banking system steps in, foreclosing on national assets and stripping the country at fire sale prices. The banks and bankers do not stave people, but they create the poverty that does.
Only when government issue national currencies in the interest of their citizens, will the people of the world prosper.

BILL PARKS of MD 10:13PM February 08, 2012

America is a vast playing field of economic opportunity. Those who win biggest on that field should pay the most rent, in the form of income taxes. The rich, who use more of the field and it's facilities (courts, government, advantgeous laws passed, tax dodges, etc.) should pay more taxes than the poor and middle class, who derive much less out of the services provided by government. (The poor and middle class can't afford to buy themselves a congressman). Of the 47% who do not pay taxes, it's true that some are lazy bums, but many are elderly and poor and many do not make enough money to be required to pay taxes. Sorry, but intil the rich are taxed for their fair share, the Unided States economy is not going to get much better and the deficit willl continue to climb.

OkieAmerican of KS 1:24PM December 22, 2011

We need a fair tax where everyone (and that includes the 47% of freeloaders who pay zero today) all pay their "fair share". I am tired of the talk about the rich paying their fair share. How about the lazy 47% who pay nothing today. Most contribute nothing to the society and must start paying income tax.

Kevin of TN 10:46AM December 22, 2011

Are you kidding me? Goldman Sachs saying invest is like saying come into my web said the spider to the fly.

Michael of KS 9:10AM December 22, 2011

What Obama needs to do is to slip in some limitations on the congress' pay. Any democrat or republican VOTER should want that.
As for the tax rates, they eventually have to come up. By next year, they should establish a steady increase to the tax rates instead of a jump-skip-or-hop to the original tax rates. A 20% increase in the difference between the tax break and the original tax bracket (0.4% increase to the 25% taxes of $50,000 taxable income) should begin by 2012 tax season. This shouldn't slow down the economy but still soften the blow of Americans owning on the tax season. I don't know many people that plan on saving for the day that they have to pay $1,000 as noted in the article.

Jeffery of MI 7:18AM December 22, 2011

I think that we need to vote all the old money hungry people out and raise the taxes on the rich who can afford to pay more. But all they want is to tax the poor more and middle class that is going broke now.

John Jack of MO 11:14PM December 21, 2011

the government dont know what theyre doing. theyre just worried about their money and more power sometimes i think we the people should run our country wed probably do a better job of it

max payne of PA 10:49PM December 21, 2011

The Republicans are getting ready to screw the U.S. again. As far as I'm concerned, any voter who cares about the economy (I'm assuming that is everyone?) should vote any Representative or Senator opposing the tax cuts for the middle Class and the extension of unemployment benefits OUT OF OFFICE! They're oh-so-concerned about lining their own pockets and keeping their own tax breaks, but what about the rest of us? Oh, and by the way, those "entitlements" you're talking about? Those of us who PAY, average somewhere around $250,000 out of pocket during our lifetimes. I feel entitled to MY share, don't you?

D. Miller of WA 10:48PM December 21, 2011

The Republicans are getting ready to screw the U.S. again. As far as I'm concerned, any voter who cares about the economy (I'm assuming that is everyone?) should vote any Representative or Senator opposing the tax cuts for the middle Class and the extension of unemployment benefits OUT OF OFFICE! They're oh-so-concerned about lining their own pockets and keeping their own tax breaks, but what about the rest of us? It is coming down to class warfare in this country, pure and simple.

D. Miller of WA 10:43PM December 21, 2011

this administration should have created jobs instead of wasting one year on obamacare. the hole is too deep now and we ll be like japan now. plus the previous administration didnt know what they were doing either. there should not be a payroll tax cut. is the govt. going to say in 3-5 yrs that there is no money to pay my social security? fix the tax code now and lower taxes and make it permanent. no more entitlements! but it wont because they are all crooks and thieves(both parties) we are like europe now.everybody is entitled and think they are entitled to handouts. im not rich but the rich pay enought taxes already. god help this country. who ever thought it would come to this.

bill duford of MI 5:33PM December 21, 2011