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Congressional Liberals: This Fiscal Cliff is Pretty Great, Actually

nodeamass Wrote: Nov 26, 2012 3:56 PM
The 'fiscal cliff' is a complete joke played by the 1%ers who have successfully looted the country on everyone else. Cut the military and Homeland security by 90% NOW!
Joseph64 Wrote: Nov 26, 2012 4:42 PM
What will you do when foreign troops are marching down Main St? Oh, wait, I forgot, you libtards don't believe in owning guns so you will all be killed without putting up a fight. Don't think you're going to run to "that crazy gun guy" down the street for protection, either, because he's been waiting for just the right moment to put a bullet in you himself.
spartacus3344 Wrote: Nov 26, 2012 4:27 PM
If there were an IQ test to vote you'd surely fail, and fail on a galactic level....
Blind Avocado Wrote: Nov 26, 2012 4:14 PM
what a moron. cutting those to zero will still leave a deficit of almost a trillion dollars. it is a myth that liberals care about the poor.
Kachina27284 Wrote: Nov 26, 2012 4:09 PM
You forgot the entitlement cuts that are to be part of it as well.
Simplecaveman Wrote: Nov 26, 2012 4:05 PM
And lets get rid of government agencies - about 50% of them.
Jon Russo Wrote: Nov 26, 2012 4:00 PM
I'm almost ready to watch the country go to hell. I need to illiquidate some money first and buy a more comfortable lawn chair.

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...

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