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mike_c

(36,191 posts)
7. yes, it was....
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 01:53 PM
Jan 2013

It was brilliant theater, too. "Fiscal cliff" sounds so dire. Fear of the "cliff" was so acute that it completely obscured the circumstance that we went over it Monday night and no one even noticed.

Can you prove it wasn't? leftstreet Jan 2013 #1
Huh? ProSense Jan 2013 #6
Because each manufactured crisis is used to justify woo me with science Jan 2013 #10
Oh, seriously? That would never happen. R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #16
"Manufactured crisis" doesn't mean the crisis doesn't exist NoOneMan Jan 2013 #2
Right. LisaLynne Jan 2013 #4
Exactly. nt G_j Jan 2013 #5
OK, ProSense Jan 2013 #8
It was not zero sum NoOneMan Jan 2013 #9
I understand that point, but ProSense Jan 2013 #12
Yes, they've already manufactured the next crisis NoOneMan Jan 2013 #15
Exactly. The crisis is manufactured, but the woo me with science Jan 2013 #13
Because the consequences of going over the "fiscal cliff" were not catastrophic MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #3
"But the consequences of not extending the debt ceiling are." ProSense Jan 2013 #14
yes, it was.... mike_c Jan 2013 #7
Manufactured does not equal bogus. NCTraveler Jan 2013 #11
It can. ProSense Jan 2013 #18
Evidence GeorgeGist Jan 2013 #17
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