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jimmylynn Wrote: Nov 28, 2012 1:47 AM

Obama and Democrats have no intentions of cutting entitlements. The only thing they want from a compromise is to raise taxes. A Democrat compromise is for Republicans to cave in and give them whatever they want.

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txsunshine Wrote: Nov 28, 2012 10:00 AM

No cutting , only raising taxes and we are suppose to like it. My way or the highway, Obama's attitude and the Repulicans are going along with it so they don't have to hit the highway.

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Joe 145 Wrote: Nov 28, 2012 7:12 AM

I tend to agree. "We need to pass this bill so that YOU can find out what is in it."

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Pushing Conservatives Off the Fiscal Cliff

The conventional wisdom has emerged that in order to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff," politicians in Washington must agree to some method of tax increases ("revenue") -- which will be real, even if low taxes are not the cause of our ills -- alongside some kind of promise of spending restraint on entitlement programs, which is our problem, and which no one believes Washington will restrain.

The American left and our "objective" journalists -- same thing, I know -- are not helping the nation balance its budget. As usual, these partisan hacks are obsessed with tearing the Republican coalition apart,...