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bluestate10

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12. The term has been used regularly for the last year. I think we should go over the cliff rather than

Reply to Whovian (Original post)

Mon Dec 10, 2012, 01:36 AM

Dec 2012

give an inch to republican demands. The rich has been gaining ground for the last 30+ years, it is time for them to give back, or at least stop taking.

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You know I never heard the phrase "Fiscal Cliff" until after Obama won the election. [View all] Whovian Dec 2012 OP

Same here! peace13 Dec 2012 #1

Yep. Had to keep the nonstop media juggernaut going. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #2

I heard them talk about it some on MSNBC. I never heard anyone really that concerned doc03 Dec 2012 #3

A DUer named it The Fiscal Bluff which I thought was brilliant. Wish I could sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #4

The Fiscal Bluff is the perfect name. Cracklin Charlie Dec 2012 #5

I think the DUer was grahamhgreen, btw. sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #13

Lawrence O'Donnel has been calling it a fiscal curb nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #10

Bernanke started talking about it back in February Yo_Mama Dec 2012 #6

Read in Foreign Policy's Blog: LeftInTX Dec 2012 #7

I remember the Super-Committee last year LeftInTX Dec 2012 #8

They started two months before in a serious manner nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #9

I've been reading about it for over a year frazzled Dec 2012 #11

The term has been used regularly for the last year. I think we should go over the cliff rather than bluestate10 Dec 2012 #12