votes. especially in the house of representatives. in the chamber where i work, the republicans control it. what most people don t realize is to a large extent, the person who controls house of representatives, it s a win or take all system, speaker boehner has to decide to bring this up, speaker boehner has to decide that a majority of his people will come on that vote. we democrats can certainly help. he is not going to bring something to the house floor where it s 200 democrats and 19 republicans and the rest of his republicans vote against it. that s against his own interest. he won t bespeaker very long. that s reality in which i work. the republicans, a majority of republicans in the house of representatives have got to believe in this. honestly, they don t. they don t. is there a way to get them to believe in it through the argument you make, carmen? i am almost certain we are not going to get them to believe
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thoughtful deal right. they say that it s not a fiscal cliff, it s, you know, more of a slope. having said that, what is your thought on the psychological impact if we go off the cliff? it s huge. it s tremendous. it s absolutely tremendous because it will go across the board from regular americans who are going to see their taxes go up from $500 to $2,000 for middle-income household. this is going to affect their bottom line tremendously. that s groceries. that s saving money. that s their savings money for the year. but also what about mortgage interest? will that affect the housing market? there may be initial basically, it will go back down again, the housing market. or if it gets phased in, maybe we ll see a jump because people will rush in before the deduction completely goes away. but i think there s a lot of concern and a lot of panic among regular americans about will i lose these tax deductions? and what s that going to do to the ability to pay all my bills? yea
that s right. congress could slash your 401(k) savings to address the deficit. that means those 61 million hardworking americans with workplace retirement plans might not have comfortable, secure retireme retirements, after all. okay, that s scary. joining me, personal finance expert carmen wong ulrich. good to see you. good to see you. you look at that, and you think the sky is falling. would they really touch your 401(k), your i.r.a.? it sounds terrifying but i doubt this will happen. even though the top 20% of americans tend to utilize 80% of retirement savings, but the 401(k) is the middle-income way to save for retirement. and here s where they could hit you. for example, this is pre-tax money that you re saving, right? they could hit you there. this is money that you can actually grow tax free. they could hit you with that. but here s where it will hit retirees when it comes to raising taxes on income levels. in retirement when you may money
investigation at kelli s request is under scrutiny. the agent has not been identified but allegedly sent kelley shirtless photos of himself. started with a complaint about harassing e-mails. he here s what we know about the woman who made that complaint, jill kelley, married to a cancer surgery, she has three daughters, lived in tampa, well-known among washington social circles. they have been friends with general patreaus and his family for five years. friends describe kelley as an innocent victim about e-mails accuse kelley of flirting with patreaus. how does this impact the careers of the two generals but also implications as well in defense secretary leon panetta has asked that general john allen s nomination to be supreme commander put on hold. for patreaus, panetta asked whether any kags that his affair started when he was still in active duty. we obviously are going to watch this closely to determine just exactly you know when that took place. but i think right now m