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White House Seeks Power to Set Debt Limit?

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    Meritas Advisors Principal Lenore Hawkins on fiscal cliff negotiations.

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Treasury Treasury Secretary Geithner must have known that he would shock Republicans with the audacious demands from the White House and the debt crisis twice the amount of tax hikes than were expected.

A spending increase for new stimulus plan revenue -- spending cuts and a completely unexpected demand that.

That the White House take over from congress the power to set debt limits it's that last suggest -- that that most interest at our next guest Lenore Hawkins.

Merits his advisors found it harder and principal -- -- lot of unexpected things by these White House demands today.

Of the Wall Street Journal called it eye opening but it was that last thing that really open up your rights why -- you focus on the debt limit part.

But it's hard to see how is this negotiating tactic is gonna help bring the two sides closer together.

And to see the White House now trying to take.

The fiscal ability F for the congress to control at least -- sent to some degree take that completely away from congress.

Is rather shockingly -- -- over the years where congress -- given up more markets power.

To the presidency but this is really an unprecedented move an -- I don't see how this is going to help.

Get congress and the president -- to be working closer together.

Now most of the traders we've been talking to this week it said -- there's going to be some accommodation even people today after after the White -- -- demands say.

You know this is this is first stage early days they're they start their negotiating tactics high.

But I don't think many people thought they'd start this -- the White House would.

If this is acting rather shocking to see -- the -- Republicans for the first time.

Say that they're willing to talk about potentially a tax increase.

And then have the White House come back and say they yield now double that down.

That's an interesting technique which leads -- to believe -- really trying to work towards some sort of a compromise it appears that with this administration compromise means doing it my way.

Now again some people of evens have even gone so far rather reacted so strongly what the -- have -- -- maybe the president of the -- -- -- resolution doesn't get one that.

What happens we -- we see all the taxes raised.

Which is something he wants more government -- the more money for the government less from the private sector -- for the government.

And to the military would have to drastically cut expenditures and he doesn't seem to be too bothered by that and of course -- could blame Republicans for anything that went wrong indeed do you go that far thinking that perhaps the president doesn't want a resolution.

He's not any occasion that it's a top priority a top priority you would be trying to work with the other side and understand.

How you can work with the other side.

To make demands that -- this far off of where we were starting front.

Seems sin not be really trying to move forward on this so it does lead one to wonder what he's trying to -- And we've got the real problem -- that we've got the fiscal -- yes that's interesting.

But what's really concerning is hitting that debt ceiling was -- probably happen sometime around February and we -- remember what that was -- in August of 2011.

And this group seems to be them less willing to work together now than they -- in August of 2011 which really rocked the markets all over the world.

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