- - -

MORNING BRIEF: tasing, stacking and the fiscal cliff

Posted by HEIDI.GROOVER at 08:17 AM on Thu, Dec. 27, 2012

Around here

A Spokane inmate died Wednesday after he was tased by a corrections officer at the Benton County jail. (KXLY)

The people who had to clean up after the Spokane stackers on Christmas are not impressed. (SR)

The new year means electricity and natural gas rates are going up for Avista customers. (SR)

Out there

Despite high hopes to take action on climate change, the EPA director is resigning without much progress in that area. (NYT)

Veterans are waiting longer to get their disability benefits. (NPR)

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on the fiscal cliff: "It looks like that is where we're headed." (Chicago Tribune)

Tags: morning brief, morning briefing

1 Comment(s) | Share

Related to:morning brief, morning briefing

muddydog

The fiscal cliff is perceived as the End of the World as We Know it, but it involves spending cuts of just 100 billion. That´s less than 10 per cent of the annual deficts of any of the last five years. If reducing our spending by just 10 per cent will wreck the economy, just think what would happen if we actually tried to balance the books. Revert to the stone age? Maybe the Mayans were right and the world did end in 2012. It´s just taking a few minutes for impact. Dec 27, 2012 | Reply to this comment

MORNING BRIEF: tasing, stacking and the fiscal cliff

Related content