Beyond ‘Thelma and Louise’: Business, the ‘Fiscal Cliff’ and Pop Culture
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Are our leaders behaving like “Thelma and Louise,’’ flirting with disaster, thumbing their noses at our nation’s economic livelihood? Here’s more on that reference — as well as other pop culture forays in the business world and off cliffs, fiscal and otherwise.
'Let's keep goin' Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis, playing an Arkansas housewife and a waitress, shoot a rapist and flee in a 1966 Thunderbird in 1991's "Thelma and Louise.'' As the authorities closed in, the two characters find themselves facing a world-class cliff (the Grand Canyon). "Let's keep goin','' Davis tells Sarandon. See the last minute. Fotos International/Getty Images
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The president is ready to veto a bill blocking the tax hikes and spending cuts without higher rates for the rich.
Bank chiefs tell Obama and Congress interest rates will spike and markets will be unstable if they don’t make a deal.