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Originally Posted by Relentless
My strong suspicion is that a deal has already been cut, including detailed policy changes AND the way in which the deal will be announced, packaged, sold to low ranking politicians and to the public. Obama, Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Pelosi, and their cronies already have the deal in their pocket in pencil. They may even have discussed Obama making outlandish requests for 1.6T in taxes just so they could save face by saying "we got him down to 900B and that was the best we could do."
If I'm right it will be capped deductions, a much smaller tax increase than you expect, a buffet rule, roughly equal budget cuts (mostly from the military) AND they already know the details but don't want to make it seem like the GOP caved too easily or that Obama wimped out.
They all have the same masters. We no longer have a true 2 party system.  |
If they were smart Monday afternoon they would hold a press conference and say "We have come to an agreement" and put it to rest and give the people some security in knowing what to expect instead of running this shit up for dramatic value and waiting until the last minute.