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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo basically, we're averting the fiscal cliff by creating a new fiscal cliff?
oooookay. no wonder (insert name of sexually transmitted disease) has higher approval ratings than the Republican 112th congress.
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So basically, we're averting the fiscal cliff by creating a new fiscal cliff? (Original Post)
JaneyVee
Jan 2013
OP
+1. yes, with the tax stuff now made permanent, i wonder what bargaining chips obama still
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#6
W_HAMILTON
(7,831 posts)1. Yes.
And this time, there will be no tax portion of "the fiscal cliff." So, if you think the Republicans weren't negotiating in good faith this go-around, just wait and watch them over the next couple of months...
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)6. +1. yes, with the tax stuff now made permanent, i wonder what bargaining chips obama still
has for the next round.
Tom Rinaldo
(22,911 posts)8. I'll see your +1, and add +1 n/t
RandiFan1290
(6,221 posts)2. Don't tell the morans
They are still celebrating and making Bernie Sanders jokes
SammyWinstonJack
(44,129 posts)5. ...
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)3. Just moved to a lower ledge.
Proud Public Servant
(2,097 posts)4. Exactly, and next time
The GOP will be able to fold the debt ceiling into the deal, since it'll be up for raising at the same time. Whee!
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)7. It's a proliferation of cliffs