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Just like Obama~~Care~~Scam, this will be another vote with the political "cover" of "we didn't have time to read the bill and SOMETHING had to be done". Anyone who didn't see this coming has been living under a rock for the last 4 years.

What really ticks me off - in speaking with my mother-in-law, who is quite removed from politics - only picking up what the network news says...

The "fiscal cliff" came up and she said "its those Republicans who won't do anything". I couldn't restrain myself (though I was very polite)... I said, the Republicans have put forward plan after plan, each time, drawing ever closer to what Obama demanded. Each time, he and Harry Reid said NO DEAL. I asked her two simple questions: "isn't negotiation about give-and-take? Isn't compromise about BOTH sides giving some so that you can meet somewhere in the middle?"

She said "I always thought so" -

I said that is exactly the point - The Republicans have proposed nearly all of what the President asked for - including tax increases, basically kicking the idea of spending cuts down the road... and the DEMOCRATS keep saying no. The president won't budget a penny. She looked very confused and started say something about "but they said on the news..."

I had to go hunting!