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How to get a 'Fiscal Cliff' Deal

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    Businessman John Catsimatidis' Advice

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-- -- -- now you know the national debt tops more than sixteen trillion dollars this house speaker John Boehner recently put it quote.

Let's be honest we're broke.

So -- -- Washington -- its economy in order -- -- asked that a billionaire.

New York businessman John -- in the duties.

Who built his company red apple group from absolutely nothing John welcome good to see you think that -- How do we get this spending that just keeps going under control.

Common sense prevails but you know -- all Americans.

Newt Gingrich and Bill Clinton hated each other.

But -- sat around the table.

And solve the problem and improvement and we have an excess in -- budgets which is.

These people have to realize whether they're Democrats or Republicans not being.

Democrats Republicans it's being Americans.

Sit down with -- table it and negotiate.

It and come up with a solution instead of going mobile won't offer to Hawaii instead of going home.

That's for business people tune in you know -- have a problem one of my companies I sit down and say guys.

Let's solve the problem you don't just Brady's prices will raise taxes which you do you -- you guys when I say to them plus one minus one.

If we have to raise prices that we have to raise taxes okay it's -- would want to say if we had but let's also cut expenses 1%.

So there's got to be common sense I think somebody.

Leadership in the democratic.

It said it.

Should come to build this elder statesman.

Chuck Schumer -- -- should take the lead and say guys let's sit down and do comments that.

Let's let Vince sitting down but it doesn't seem that they've been getting anywhere I mean it was a potentially hostile kind of icy relationship between speaker Obama the president the last meaning according to Wall Street Journal -- I think.

They get to what you do with the unions just now with the union guys and oh -- and we solve the problem.

And 99% of the time was solved the problem.

There were problems in the Republican Party is northwest.

You -- make the contract.

When -- congress.

Two it took to do it -- way.

I think what -- mystical way to -- -- -- -- -- -- slow what do you think we should be done bottom line what what type of plan would you like to see how do we.

Stop the spending at the same time get the didn't get everything under control to right the ship.

I think -- American should be outraged.

They should all that congressman and write to them and say how can you take off.

When we're ready to pull off but that's -- -- beautiful wolf left.

Which but I think we'll solve -- problem January what I mean if we do fall off the -- pull off a -- I think he stock market could have.

An adverse reaction which could create a barn opportunity for some people who have the courage.

But -- just want to play us and bottom line even if we do good they don't have an agreement you think it finally at some point it'll be.

I think common sense will prevail finally January after they they're trying to make each other look bad.

And they kept the got to get over that.

All right we'll see what happens to us to get back on Thursday maybe we'll take your advice maybe they'll chunk estimate it is thank you for coming in a Merry Christmas -- Christmas.