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Let it burn.
No, you aren't dreaming. This post is a virtual facsimile of the 'fiscal cliff' piece I authored two weeks ago, replete with many of the same discouraging bells and whistles -- Democrats reveling in their leverage advantage, public opinion polls spelling doom for Republicans, and no tangible progress on the actual task at hand. If that sentence wasn't enough of a morale boost for you, feel free to read on. Liberals in Congress, led by incoming Senate Budget Committee Chair Patty Murray, are ostentatiously demonstrating an insatiable appetite for fiscal cliff-diving. Their...
I'm a Libertarian from before they became all about legalizing pot. (I don't use it, though I don't care if someone does.)
Just let it burn. Let the rates go up. Let people finally feel the pain that they were kept from realizing when they reelected 0bama.
People will change once they feel the pain. But to keep insulating them from it does this country no good.
The sooner we make people realize that there are consequences the better.