Reply #23: It's way more complex than that [View All]

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Everyone thinks it's like haggling for an item or a car.

If dems ended up with the same deal, you.d be happy with it merely because they started out at demanding something an R congress would never do?

Why be so blind to the obvious fact that the Rs could have done the same thing? They did not get all they want either. They gave away a lot too. They would have just started at repealing all the social programs (the same something they'd know Obama would never agree too). Just starting farther apart would make a better deal for the Dems why?

Both sides have enough sense to start somewhere reasonable. They don't have time for absurd demands they know the other won't remotely agree to.