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Fiscal Cliff Notes: Part II

Jeff2422 Wrote: Dec 05, 2012 10:45 AM
You are asking these people to be something that they never have had to be and don't believe they can be because they don't believe the general public would accept it based on a lot of polling and focus groups. Lord, save us from the politicians and their handlers.

Editor's Note: This column is part II in a series. Part I can be found here.

One of the big advantages that President Obama has, as he plays "chicken" with the Congressional Republicans along the "fiscal cliff," is that Obama is a master of the plausible lie, which will never be exposed by the mainstream media-- nor, apparently, by the Republicans.

A key lie that has been repeated over and over, largely unanswered, is that President Bush's "tax cuts for the rich" cost the government so much lost tax revenue that this added to the budget deficit-- so...

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