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phleshdef

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4. These people don't actually care about the math. Irrelevant symbolism is what guides their support.
Mon Dec 31, 2012, 04:03 PM
Dec 2012

Lets take the whole chained CPI discussion for example. While I strongly oppose changing social security over the chained CPI, I have to laugh at others who oppose it but also are fully in support of going over the fiscal cliff and doing nothing to change any of it. While chained CPI is a horrible idea, the amount of money taken out of middle class and poor working class people's pockets will be MUCH, MUCH higher if we go over the cliff.

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