everybody making $450k/yr goes back to Clinton-era rates...

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41. Because it's the best you're gonna get.

The Republicans -- even though most will not vote for this deal -- will claim this was their compromise.

This doesn't do much to address the debt, deficit, or the debt ceiling. The Republicans will continue to wage war each time the discussion of these issues come up. And they will claim that they already did their part to compromise by allowing this proposed bill to pass.

You will not get any further tax increases. You will not get military cuts. You will not get stimulus. All you will get is demands for cuts to "entitlements" and that's it. The Republicans will claim they already compromised and now it's time for the president to compromise. They will hold the government and our economy hostage again and the president will cave yet again.

We should go off "the cliff" and start putting together piecemeal legislation to climb our way out. It's the only way you are gonna see any true sacrifice from the that which is truly responsible for our current debt problems: continued tax cuts that benefit the rich the most and military spending.