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triron

(22,011 posts) Tue Jun 25, 2019, 06:12 PM Jun 2019

Seth Abramson: "The Grand Bargain isn't a theory; it's reported fact..."

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Seth Abramson: "The Grand Bargain isn't a theory; it's reported fact..." (Original Post) triron Jun 2019 OP

'The Grand Bargain was an attempted political compromise between elleng Jun 2019 #1

???? No no no no. Abramson is not referring to that!!!! triron Jun 2019 #3

Thanks elleng Jun 2019 #4

thank god for Seth Abramson. GuyNamedNathan Jun 2019 #2

welcome to DU gopiscrap Jun 2019 #6

thank you! GuyNamedNathan Jun 2019 #7

you're welcome hope you enjoy it here gopiscrap Jun 2019 #8

knr triron Jun 2019 #5

Link to Abramson's entire thread rolled out in Threadreader App FakeNoose Jun 2019 #9

elleng

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1. 'The Grand Bargain was an attempted political compromise between

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Tue Jun 25, 2019, 06:23 PM

Jun 2019

the Democratic and Republican Parties in the United States during the 2011 budget debates, in which the Democrats would have agreed to historic cuts in the federal government and the social safety net, in exchange for an increase in federal taxes.[1] However, due to the rise of the Tea Party, any increased taxes were unpalatable to the Republican base, while President Obama's base panicked over the possibility of cuts, causing the compromise to fail.[2][3][4]

Among centrist pundits, hopes for the Grand bargain lasted until the resignation of Speaker of the House John Boehner in 2015.[5][6]'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_bargain_(United_States,_2011)