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In reply to the discussion: Here's An Insane Chart Showing Just How Much The Fiscal Cliff Is Being Hyped [View all]Cosmocat
(14,558 posts)4. That's the play
No way the Rs will make any kind of deal in the next month that makes it worth extending them.
Let them expire, then put the onus on the insane clown posse (the House) to develop a bill to restore the cuts for lower income workers, with the Senate and President making it clear the higher rates will NOT be restored.
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Here's An Insane Chart Showing Just How Much The Fiscal Cliff Is Being Hyped [View all]
jsr
Nov 2012
OP
Game theory suggests at least 51% on the wealthiest entitites to prevent plutocracy
HereSince1628
Nov 2012
#6
87% seems reasonable. The G8 should put the screws to tax haven countries, too.
redqueen
Nov 2012
#7
What are the chances Obama will continue the Bush cuts to get the House to agree on something?
Kablooie
Nov 2012
#38
Remember way back when...the debt ceiling being raised was a mere formality, not a time to take
AzDar
Nov 2012
#8
The stock market will not agree with your cavalier attitude about the "cliff".
1-Old-Man
Nov 2012
#9