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In reply to the discussion: Fiscal Cliff Scare Talk Follows Shock Doctrine Script [View all]Proud Liberal Dem
(24,406 posts)24. The most astounding part of this whole "crisis"
is that the Republicans were the chief architect of it- in the name of getting serious about the debt/deficit and are now basically trying to wriggle out of the deal. They decided last year that they wanted a huge showdown over the debt ceiling, which, of course, led to the failed supercommittee, which then led to the sequestration deal that the Republicans are upset about. They are even rewriting history to make it look like President Obama forced them into the deal.
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It's getting harder for them to fool people, isn't it? Ten years ago I probably
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#2
How right you are. The soap opera with 2 generals thrown in as a side-show while the cliff dangles.
mother earth
Nov 2012
#4
I haven't read the book, but have read enough DU and been screwed over enough to know
magical thyme
Nov 2012
#8
I'll never understand why people think this pre-compromise bullshit is OK.
phantom power
Nov 2012
#20
I'd like to see a little ass kicking, if only verbally, bipartisanship got us more of the same BS.
mother earth
Nov 2012
#30
The way i understand it is with both combined spending cuts and tax increases
Mr. Sparkle
Nov 2012
#19
America on the edge of a 'fiscal cliff'? No, it's the right peddling scare stories
xchrom
Nov 2012
#23
We need to take lessons from the highly successful Latin American leftist democracy movement...
Peace Patriot
Nov 2012
#26
Bravo, a lot to be learned, we can no longer pretend American exceptionalism if we don't practice it
mother earth
Nov 2012
#31
They weren't serious about the debt, but we should use their own BS against them
RepublicansRZombies
Nov 2012
#32