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In reply to the discussion: "Not going to happen"? Guess what: It already fucking happened. [View all]The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,985 posts)I do not think chained CPI will actually happen, but it bothers me a great deal that the offer was made. And I don't really understand why. Was Obama trying to make the point that if he is willing to touch his party's third rail, then the GOPers should, as part of a deal, be willing to touch theirs (tax increases on the wealthy)? Did he think that the offer of chained CPI (which Boehner wanted at one point) would make them relent on the tax issue? If so, why would he think that? The GOPer third rail is evidently much more highly electrified than the Dem third rail, and they are never, ever going to touch it. Ever. For anything. And nobody should touch ours, either, but he did, and there will be a price to be paid. It just remains to be seen what that is.