{"id":6530,"date":"2013-01-02T15:19:36","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T20:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=6530"},"modified":"2013-01-02T15:19:36","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T20:19:36","slug":"why-the-fiscal-cliff-deal-offers-little-to-celebrate-quartz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/01\/02\/why-the-fiscal-cliff-deal-offers-little-to-celebrate-quartz\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the fiscal cliff deal offers little to celebrate &#124; Quartz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gwynn Guilford  writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color:#ddddff;\"><p>Most immediately worrisome is that [lawmakers] &#8230;&#8230;let a cut in the payroll tax (which pays for social security) expire. Though doing so will close the 2013 budget deficit by some $126 billion, it means that 160 million Americans &#8212; including two-thirds of the lowest quintile of earners &#8212; will see around $600-$2,000 skimmed off their paychecks this year. That exacerbates a trend of falling wages in the past few years, and is particularly worrying given that consumer spending is a critical engine of the US economic recovery. In fact, Goldman Sachs\u2019 Jan Hatzius expects that the expired payroll tax cut alone will drain 0.6% off 2013 GDP growth, in the form of reduced consumption.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more at <a href='http:\/\/qz.com\/40129\/why-the-fiscal-cliff-deal-offers-little-to-celebrate\/'>Why the fiscal cliff deal offers little to celebrate &#8211; Quartz<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gwynn Guilford writes: Most immediately worrisome is that [lawmakers] &#8230;&#8230;let a cut in the payroll tax (which pays for social security) expire. 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