TO EXPLAIN WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO THE "FISCAL CLIFF" BILL.

      Well, I'm learning, so why shouldn't I tell you the way we all might understand the "Fiscal" (Money) deception at passing bills. How the politicians get their own "little" pet project monies pushed through for their political purposes.
      You see, they all go to Congressional meetings with all the pet projects they would like to appropriate money for in their own Districts they represent. Bridges, highways, money for the animal research such as the spotted owl, how the earth turns from West to East and campaign donations that need to be rewarded somehow and that kind of thing.
      So without having to process them all according to the lengthy procedures that are required for due scrutiny of each, which would give the examiners time to decide the legitimacy of each one, and the urgency of each including the costs involved, they  wait until a really important moment to come along.    
      That moment is when there comes an urgent Larger bill to be decided. Like the Bill to avoid the phony labelled "Fiscal Cliff". (A term dreamed up by the equally phony Socialist Party.)
      Allow me to say at this point, the Republican controlled House of Representatives had already presented a Bill to help solve the problem of gross overspending in the past and future by the Democratic Senate and President Barack Obama. (Which by the way was the reason for creating the imaginary "Fiscal Cliff" in the first place).
      That Bill was presented to the Senate for it's approval months ago. The U.S. Senate led by Democrat Harry Reid, sat on it right up to this urgent time for passage. They did it purposefully. They wanted to wait until the last minute to cause the urgency.
      Then, Knowing they had to act on both major Crisies, "Hurricane Sandy" and the "Fiscal Cliff" and because they controlled the majority in the Senate, they quickly sat down along with the White House cronies and gathered all their favorite personal "little" bills (Now called "Earmarks") they were saving for such a time, bundled them all together with the major Bills coming to double the original amount intended in the 2 major Bills.
      Then they returned their adjusted Senate Bill back to the House of Representatives, demanding immediate approval. All this after not coming up with their own bill ( required by Constitutional Law) in 3 1/2 years.
      For one example, the 30 billion dollars initially appropriated for the cost of aiding the victims of '."Hurricane Sandy" became 60 billion dollars in the over-all Bill.
      Now they're standing back accusing the House of Representatives of delaying the tremendously bloated Senate version of the Bill. I hope you'll all join me in saying, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME???
      Just sayin.