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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt won't be the end of the world if we go over the fiscal cliff. Military spending will be cut.
Let the republicans eat that.
In fact we can start from scratch and undo all the damage done by deregulation and the repukes. They will be forced to compromise or become obsolete
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It won't be the end of the world if we go over the fiscal cliff. Military spending will be cut. (Original Post)
still_one
Nov 2012
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ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)1. The cuts will be equally deep on the non-military side
As long as they have one house of Congress we cannot rebuild things as we like. At least until 2016 we have to deal with them at some level.
It does make be miss the first 2 years of this administration when this was not the case.
still_one
(92,475 posts)2. Sorry but with people like Ben Nelson we could have never gotten a progressive agenda finished in
First two years
ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)3. We could have made more progress than we did
As it stands now, it will be a somewhat defensive battle...even though we clearly won the election
still_one
(92,475 posts)4. We are going to have to disagree. Too many blue dogs,in both the house and the senate at the time