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The 'Fiscal Cliff' Failed. Kill It And Get Back to Work.
The so-called 'fiscal cliff' was never real. Congress and the President invented it during last year's negotiations, apparently to persuade voters that unpopular budget measures were needed to avoid a crisis. With the collapse of John Boehner's 'Plan B,' that gambit has failed. What now?
Radical Plan B Failed Because It Was Not Extreme Enough
Just how radical and extreme are the Republicans today? Republicans didn't oppose Boehner's radical "Plan B" because it would devastate American families and small businesses and destroy government -- that was OK, in fact that wasn't even enough destruction for them. They opposed it because it would raise taxes a small bit on the billionaires who grease their wheels. In other words, they opposed it because it was not extreme and radical enough.
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Fix the Debt’s New Ploy Is Too Obscene For Laughter OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "Fix the Debt, a front group for corporations, billionaires, and defense contractors, wants people to call their representatives and demand that they avoid the “fiscal...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Fix the Debt’s New Ploy Is Too Obscene For Laughter OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "Fix the Debt, a front group for corporations, billionaires, and defense contractors, wants people to call their representatives and demand that they avoid the “fiscal...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Fix the Debt’s New Ploy Is Too Obscene For Laughter OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "Fix the Debt, a front group for corporations, billionaires, and defense contractors, wants people to call their representatives and demand that they avoid the “fiscal...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Fix the Debt’s New Ploy Is Too Obscene For Laughter OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "Fix the Debt, a front group for corporations, billionaires, and defense contractors, wants people to call their representatives and demand that they avoid the “fiscal...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Fix the Debt’s New Ploy Is Too Obscene For Laughter OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "Fix the Debt, a front group for corporations, billionaires, and defense contractors, wants people to call their representatives and demand that they avoid the “fiscal...
Fix the Debt's New Email: Too Cruel to Laugh, Too Ridiculous to Cry
Fix the Debt, a front group for corporations, billionaires, and defense contractors, wants people to call their Representatives and demand that they avoid the "fiscal cliff." The group's latest email is so badly written that it cries out for laughter, but its...
A Budget Crystal Ball for 2013
Given my stellar record for 2012, I should probably retire now while I’m at the top of my game. Not taking my own advice, here are my fearless budget forecasts for 2013.
First Loyalties
If the President decides to give into Republican demands to cut this kind of deal, thinking that launching a civil war with people like me who were part of his winning coalition in the election is better for the country and worth the trade-off, he will do what feels like he should.
