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1. The "fiscal cliff" was a bipartisan fabrication by corporatists.

Reply to SoCalDem (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 08:46 AM

Dec 2012

Republicans and corporate Democrats, including Obama, colluded on this Shock Doctrine scam last spring. They deliberately orchestrated it to use Social Security as a hostage to pass an austerity deal and to garner praise for the participants when the contrived axe of SS benefits did not fall...this time.

The important point here is that they rigged the game to ensure that the country accepted a policy that they would never have voted for...austerity for the masses...and they made sure that it was in the package no matter the outcome.

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The "cliff" was never intended to be "solved" [View all] SoCalDem Dec 2012 OP

The "fiscal cliff" was a bipartisan fabrication by corporatists. woo me with science Dec 2012 #1

+1 gollygee Dec 2012 #10

obama would have never been hired if he wasn't a corporatist datasuspect Dec 2012 #13

+1 and +2 nt tomp Dec 2012 #15

I think he was not the favored by the two options by a long shot gollygee Dec 2012 #17

Nailed it in one. Sick of posts like the OP that try to pretend away the past. Romulox Dec 2012 #16

Huh?? NewsCenter28 Dec 2012 #21

I'll read a history book if you read a civics book. The "Cliff" is a framework passed by Congress, Romulox Dec 2012 #22

Care to try one more re-edit? Third times the charm! Romulox Dec 2012 #23

Exactly right. There have been many keys to the corporate plethoro Dec 2012 #19

The cliff is the proverbial can intended to be kicked down the road to points Skidmore Dec 2012 #2

Correct, classic stalking horse, classic straw man, classic political IED. bemildred Dec 2012 #3

Why aren't the deficit hawks cheering the cliff since significantly reduces the deficit? LonePirate Dec 2012 #4

They are not cheering because their beloved defense budget will get the post war time cuts Heather MC Dec 2012 #5

It remains to be seen, whether those DOD cuts will happen.... MNBrewer Dec 2012 #8

They were pulling a Harold Washington strategy for sure...Obama happened to be much smarter than alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #6

The Shitpublicans never cared about the deficit rock Dec 2012 #7

And they still don't.. sendero Dec 2012 #12

"You know, Paul, sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #9

Perfectly and succinctly summed up the last 4 years Gman Dec 2012 #11

Each manufactured crisis is more boring than the last madville Dec 2012 #14

As the GOP sees it, all recipients of "entitlements" should do the right thing and die. lpbk2713 Dec 2012 #18

The final solution Left Turn Only Dec 2012 #20