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2016 Postmortem

In reply to the discussion: The "fiscal cliff" [View all]

ProudProgressiveNow

(6,127 posts)
1. The economy will not crash....
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:30 AM
Nov 2012

if we let the tax cuts expire, as long as we act quickly afterwords. PBO holds all the cards. The republics will be scrambling to put something in place quickly. Legislation will be retro to 1/1/2013.

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