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4. well the problem is that republicans still control the house in the new congress.

Reply to yurbud (Original post)

Fri Nov 16, 2012, 01:29 PM

Nov 2012

yes, it's certainly viable to postpone the day of reckoning, whether through an agreement to extend some things a few months into 2013 or to just "fall off the fiscal cliff" -- because actually a lot of the fiscal cliff implications can be fixed retroactively, albeit at the expense of ongoing uncertainty.

and yes, there will be more democrats in congress at that point.

but so what? the house republicans would be just as obnoxiously obstinant with a 1-seat majority as they would with 100% of the house.

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Suppose you were kidnapped by someone who only had a little time left to live... [View all] yurbud Nov 2012 OP

...because in the meantime, the kidnapper can shoot you in the leg and burn down the House... brooklynite Nov 2012 #1

There really aren't though. Chan790 Nov 2012 #3

Exactly RobertEarl Nov 2012 #17

Fiscal cliff = consequences of sequestration. It's a man-made crisis HereSince1628 Nov 2012 #5

It's more like autoerotic asphixiation yurbud Nov 2012 #9

"We have nothing to fear, but fear itself" ... Myrina Nov 2012 #13

I'd help him bleed out a little faster. hobbit709 Nov 2012 #2

well the problem is that republicans still control the house in the new congress. unblock Nov 2012 #4

Conservatives understand fear. Let's jump the cliff and scare the shit out of them! HereSince1628 Nov 2012 #6

My point was much broader than just this particular artificial crisis yurbud Nov 2012 #10

well, sure, say twelve years from now, democrats should be a far stronger force. unblock Nov 2012 #11

If Republicans had the Presidency and one chamber of Congress they would effectively ignore yurbud Nov 2012 #14

that's for damn sure. the power of money unblock Nov 2012 #16

an alternative theory on Dem spinelessness: when big business knows a Repub can't win yurbud Nov 2012 #18

Analogies in politics are like farts on a skewer rock Nov 2012 #7

actually, they can clarify things pols are intentionally trying to muddy up yurbud Nov 2012 #8

I'd wait him out. Or make him take me with him. Myrina Nov 2012 #12

I agree with waiting him out. That's why any concessions Dems give them are so frustrating yurbud Nov 2012 #15