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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: There Is No Fiscal Cliff. [View all]allrevvedup
(408 posts)51. Don't fall for the scare tactics.
Children are not going to starve because a bunch of tea party yahoos took some asshole pledge. Obama is in an entirely different bargaining position now than he was last August when he signed this stupid thing and now it's the yahoos turn to squeal, so don't let them scare you out of your lunch money.
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calling this a "cliff" is more shock doctrine stuff an obvious attempt at getting a reduction in s.s
leftyohiolib
Nov 2012
#1
Again, they know that there's a lot of fat and waste in the defense budget
customerserviceguy
Nov 2012
#27
We thought the same thing prior to the Super Committee fiasco a few years back.
ProgressiveProfessor
Nov 2012
#12
The signing statement was orders of magnitude away from what it was claimed to be.
Igel
Nov 2012
#65
This congress has no character it creates a tiger trap for the economy and then skips around it
HereSince1628
Nov 2012
#29