Roubini: "Abandonaram o povo. Sistema político é disfuncional, falta acordar. Vem outra crise".
Aumentaram impostos em 600 bilhões, reduziram gastos em 15 .
Last night the House of Representatives voted 257-167 to pass the fiscal cliff bill. Many have pointed out that president Obama has come out the winner, while the Republicans who signed Grover Norquist's no-tax- increase pledge have been the biggest losers. But in a new op-ed for The Financial Times, Nouriel Roubini writes that the U.S. has been let down by its leaders and that they "dysfunctional nature" of the country's political system means another crisis isn't far off. He also says the country has yet to wake up to the "full extent of its fiscal nightmare". The next crisis according to Roubini could be just two months away, with spending cuts set to kick in at about the same time that the U.S. hits the debt ceiling. This is going to begin another "messy" debate between Democrats and Republicans. "The longer-term picture is bleaker still.
The reality is that America is yet to wake up to the full extent of its fiscal nightmare. Even the typical Republican voter is not – being on average older and poorer than a Democrat voter – in favour of gutting the welfare state. Tea Party extremists are more noise than signal. That is why the plans of Mitt Romneyand Paul Ryan, the Republicans’ losing presidential ticket, postponed all the tough spending cuts on Social Security and Medicare by a decade. Neither Democrats nor Republicans recognize that maintaining a basic welfare state, which is right and necessary in our age of globalization, rapid technological change and demographic pressure, implies higher taxes for the middle class as well as for the rich. A deal that extends unsustainable tax cuts for 98 per cent of Americans is therefore a pyrrhic victory for Mr Obama. In short, the “mini deal” on the fiscal cliff dodged all the important questions. By not including spending cuts in the deal, the Democrats have emboldened Republicans who are determined to slash taxes but lack a plan to pay for it. It is again up to Washington’s policy makers to fix the problem before the market does it for them. Tuesday’s deal suggests this will not happen with any ease."
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E o FMI achou insuficiente, falta um plano completo.
O Fundo Monetário Internacional considerou insuficiente o acordo aprovado nos Estados Unidos para evitar o abismo fiscal. O FMI pediu aos legisladores americanos para costurar um "plano completo" para sanar as finanças públicas do país.De acordo com o Fundo, os americanos fizeram pouco progresso com relação ao problema do déficit e também sobre o aumento o teto da dívida.
