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HiPointDem

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5. It's a fraud. Congress enacted a law saying if Congress didn't cut things by Jan 1st, things

Reply to murray hill farm (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 2, 2012, 09:11 PM

Dec 2012

would automatically be cut.

Then the politicians go to the people & say "OMG!!! We have to cut things by Jan 1 or things will be cut!!"

It's a problem completely of their own making, & the aim was to stampede the population into letting them push through cuts quickly without proper discussion & oversight.

It's just fraud. They could just repeal the stupid law they themselves passed.

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It would be nice if we called the fiscal cliff what it really is: [View all] RB TexLa Dec 2012 OP

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Tar and Feathers too! Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #3

The proper name is Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #2

This ^^^ right here. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #6

Sorry, Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #8

The caret (^) is just an arrow pointing up to your post. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #10

The name of the big lie is Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #11

I understand what and why you are concerned. I have lived payday to payday for almost a decade now. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #12

I understand your point of view Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #13

On the Stephanie Miller show last week, murray hill farm Dec 2012 #4

It's a fraud. Congress enacted a law saying if Congress didn't cut things by Jan 1st, things HiPointDem Dec 2012 #5

That's great in so many ways! Kudos to whoever came up with it. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2012 #7

the old GBW budget predictions that promised zero deficits in "ten years" salin Dec 2012 #9

i do not austerity with you. dionysus Dec 2012 #14