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2016 Postmortem

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

gkhouston

(21,642 posts)
10. And he'll deserve it. After spending months on the campaign trail repeatedly saying that the rich
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:37 AM
Nov 2012

should pay more, after saying flat out he won't sign a bill that includes tax cuts for the rich, he'd be shooting himself in the foot if he doesn't stick to that. I can't imagine any deal that would be so sweet that people are going to think it's a fair trade-off for not repealing the Bush tax cuts for the rich.

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