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"Whatever we come up with is going to be imperfect. Some people aren't going to like it, some people are going to like it less," Reid said on the Senate floor after the meeting with President Barack Obama, other top congressional leaders and senior administration officials.
Obama declared himself "modestly optimistic" that the Senate leaders can forge an agreement, but he warned that "nobody's going to get 100% of what they want."
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/28/politics/fiscal-cliff/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
The last time I heard Obama use the "nobody's going to get 100% of what they want." meme, was when Boner bragged he got 98% of what he wanted in the last budget negotiations.
I could be wrong, and I certainly hope I'm wrong, but if I was a betting man, I think the tax increase is going to be raised to those making more than 400k, and SS will be cut with chained CPI.