This legislation raises taxes on 70% of Americans. I applaud Guinta and Bass for voting against it.

Sen. Ayotte and Rep. Bass joined a huge majority of both Democrats and Republicans in the Senate and a wide majority in the House to pass legislation that both protects middle-class voters by keeping their income tax rates low AND protecting social security by adequately funding it. Social security taxes will increase by about $384 dollars a year on someone making $41,000 (http://economy.money.cnn.com/2013/01/02/taxes-fiscal-cliff/). However, the will that taxpayer will continue to see lower taxes thanks to the extension of the Obama tax cuts including the "American Opportunity Tax Credit, a partially refundable credit of up to $2,500 a year for four years for low-income families; Child Tax Credit, which allows lower-income parents to claim as much as $1,000 for each child under age 17 and is refundable for some, and the Earned Income Tax Credit, which provides a credit for working Americans with low- and moderate-incomes. The expanded dependent care credit, which allows certain taxpayers to deduct up to 35% of expenses to a maximum of $6,000 for two children, is permanently extended." Meanwhile, a married couple earning between $50,000 and $85,000 with two children will continue to enjoy a $2200 tax cut (http://www.nbcnews.com/business/stocks-open-lower-new-fiscal-cliff-warnings-1C7208006) that Frank voted against. Frank voted to INCREASE taxes - even Grover Norquist would tell you that.

But their after-tax pay will go up. Thank you Pres. Obama.

I think it's a bit much to assume a man's motivations and attack him for voting against -- or for that matter, for -- this bill, when it contains measures for people of any ideological background to hate, and other measures for the same people to like.

Also, if the 'fiscal cliff' alternative was so awful, why did majorities vote for it last year? They did so because they felt that our deficit is unsustainable, and that we needed radical medicine to reduce the deficit. This deal which the author favors does much less to reduce the deficit than the fiscal cliff would have done. No one really knows whether this deal or the fiscal cliff would be better for the economy. The liberals who say the fiscal cliff would devastate the economy are the same people who said Obama's $800 million stimulus would keep unemployment from ever rising above 8%.

Private sector created 215,000 jobs last month. New unemployment claims were 372,000. That's a net loss of 157,000 jobs. Isn't that Obama just wonderful? Everything he sticks his nose in turns into a disaster. But that's his plan, right?

This granite state pgress is just a tinker toy group and not to be taken seriously.

I don't know what "tinkertoy group" means, but let me assure you, I'm very much a flesh and blood human being working with other flesh and blood human beings to protect the middle class. That's why we are so upset with Frank's vote. And we're not alone - The Portsmouth Herald said much the same thing in an editorial today (http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20130103-OPINION-301030382).

Overall, I'm disappointed. I would rather have gone over the cliff. We could have gotten a better deal over the long-term in exchange for some short-term sacrifice.
$400,000 is not middle-class.

It amazes me that there are so many ignorant and gullible people in this country that actually believe what Obama says. His record is one of deceit and lies, yet there are blockheads out there who continue to believe this modern day Pinocchio.

When you employee the slave trade of illegal workers it does nothing to help the legal workers. If the workers make as much money as the unemployed there is no incentive to work. That forces business to find those labor pools from somewhere else and makes the low wage earners angry because they see no way out of poverty.

Who , framers painters , drywall companies , landscapers . Thats who .12 million illegal aliens , 12 million unemployed. Dosnt take a math wiz.

No MIke not slaves. Illegal aliens. Allowing companies to continue to do so is no different then companies offshoring. Problem is neither side wants to touch it as its political suicide.

Obama- If the Supreme Court throws out the federal health care law, it “would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress.”
Truth-O-Meter rating: False
(PolitiFact- Slim majority, not unprecedented)

Obama- “For the first time since 1990, American manufacturers are creating new jobs.”
Truth-O-Meter rating: False

Obama- “Preventive care … saves money, for families, for businesses, for government, for everybody.”
Truth-O-Meter rating: False
(PolitiFact- Wrong in 2009, and wrong today)

Obama- “Thirty million Americans, including a lot of people in Florida, are going to be able to get healthcare next year because of that law.”
Truth-O-Meter rating: False

Obama- “I made a bunch of these promises during the campaign. … We’ve got about 60 percent done in three years.”
Truth-O-Meter rating: False
(PolitiFact- “In the Works” does not equal “done”)

Obama Admin.- Under President Barack Obama, the United States has “doubled our exports.”
Truth-O-Meter rating: False

Obama Admin.- The president’s proposed budget “will help reduce the deficit by $400 billion over the next decade to the lowest level since Dwight Eisenhower was president.”
Truth-O-Meter rating: False
(PolitiFact-A mangled reference to a prior talking point)

Obama- Under the White House’s budget proposal, “we will not be adding more to the national debt” by the middle of the decade.
Truth-O-Meter rating: False
(PolitiFact-Revenue would equal outlays, but he ignores growing interest on the debt)

Obama- Twelve judges have thrown out legal challenges to the health care law because they rejected “the notion that the health care law was unconstitutional.”
Truth-O-Meter rating: False
(PolitiFact-Score two to two on judges’ decisions on constitionality)

Obama- “I didn’t raise taxes once.”
Truth-O-Meter rating: False
(PolitiFact-We’ve tracked a few increases)

Obama- When President Franklin D. Roosevelt started Social Security, “it only affected widows and orphans,” and when Medicare began, “it was a small program.”
Truth-O-Meter rating: False
(PolitiFact-A grain of truth in the big picture, far off on the details)

Obama- The Bush administration had been “giving (auto companies) billions of dollars and just asking nothing in return.”
Truth-O-Meter rating: False

Obama- “The vast majority of the money I got was from small donors all across the country.”
Truth-O-Meter rating: False
(PolitiFact-Big donors bankrolled much of Obama’s campaign)

Obama- “We’ve excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs.”
Truth-O-Meter rating: False
(PolitiFact-We found at least four)

Obama- When Obama was interviewed by American reporters in Asia, “Not one of them asked me about Asia. Not one of them asked me about the economy.”
Truth-O-Meter rating: False
(PolitiFact-More than one did)

Obama- Insurers delayed an Illinois man’s treatment, “and he died because of it.”
Truth-O-Meter rating: False
(Insurer’s decision was reversed and man lived three more years)

Obama- Health reform will “give every American the same opportunity” to buy health insurance the way members of Congress do.
Truth-O-Meter rating: False

Obama- Preventive care “saves money.”
Truth-O-Meter rating: False
(PolitiFact-Covering preventive care for everyone is a net cost)

Obama- (No earmarks in spending bill)
Truth-O-Meter rating: False

That was only from page one of Obama’s false statement PolitiFact files.

This Fiscal Cliff sales job by the moonbats in D.C. is starting to get noticed by the moonbat constituents who went along with the scheme, now they are starting to feel duped like the rest of us. LMAO www.democraticunderground.com/10022125273

Upon dissection they realize that this hit to their checks is actually comperable to those making 400k and above - and they are right!!!

Face it moonbats everyone gets porked with this Fiscal Cliff....

Im glad the payroll tax break expired. Its what funds SS. Should have never been cut in the first place as doing so obviously did nothing.

Why Mike , did you finaly balance the family budget with that extra $26 a week?

After President Obama wrapped her in a well-publicized embrace, Donna Vanzant became the face of a promise of “immediate” assistance from the federal government in the days after superstorm Sandy devastated the East Coast.

“You promise something, you keep it. And that was a broken promise." - Donna Vanzant

But as Vanzant battled with her insurance company for the funds to rebuild her Jersey Shore marina, she had another brush with the commander-in-chief that left her feeling less confident in Washington's efforts. After sending an email to the White House asking for the federal government to make good on its promise to help, Vanzant received a form letter that never answered her questions.

“It had nothing to do with what I was asking him. It was a form letter. It thanked me for supporting the troops,” Vanzant said in an interview The Philly Post blog on Friday. “He made a promise to rebuild on national television, and I can’t even get this money. It’s heartbreaking, really.”

Obama lies. Did she expect anything else from the socialist Pinocchio?

So today my wife and I received our first paycheck of 2013.

Normally, Friday evening is a dining out night. Spending our money in the local community. Supporting a local business, local folks working hard to earn a living.

Well, the new 2% increase in the Social Security sucked up the dollars in our budget for dining out tonight. Yup, the money went to Washington to "feed the pig."

So, to that local business owner, chef, waitress, bartender who would have a few more dollars in their pocket tonight had "the pig" not confiscated it, I say, "Sorry". What else can I say other than, "Thanks Barack! Nice plan."

The fiscal cliff might have been a superior resolution when compared to the approved plan. It took the courage of prior politicians to create circuit breakers to keep the federal legislature from running our economic power into the abyss. We are still not sacrificing enough. We must cut spending and have a wider base of taxpayers.