Chained CPI was just a bluff, right? A negotiating tactic, right? So was the Sequester.

[Stinky The Clown]

Howzzat workin' for ya?

[HereSince1628]

1. It doesn't make sense as a bluff for 2 reasons...

1) Everyone already knows the republicans are the party of NO.
There was nothing to be gained by underlining that.

2) The cost of alienating the democratic voting base turns out to be huge.
At least several orders greater than the benefit of gettting the r's to say NO!, again

[noiretextatique]

6. it's the third way

piss off the "irrelevant" base and co-opt draconian rethuglican policies.

[HereSince1628]

7. Yes, they aren't tied to principles the base believes in, it's about political pragmatism

[Enrique]

9. maybe he thinks the democratic base can't be alienated

that seems to be his working assumption

[HereSince1628]

10. I think he believes what Rahm said...the base has no where else to go

And being taken for granted in that way certainly isn't endearing

[liberal_at_heart]

2. many on here wanted the sequester. Not me. My kids' school district is losing $350,000 next year.

Economic justice is no longer a democratic value. Apparently we're only allowed to care about social justice.

[MOMFUDSKI]

3. !

You GO, Stinky. I'm right with ya.

[forestpath]

4. I always thought Obama really wanted the sequester - just as I've always thought he

really wanted to cut SS/Medicare.

[In_The_Wind]

5. Not worth a damn.

The U.S C-CPI-U, or more commonly known, the Chained United States Consumer Price Index is a time series measure of price levels of consumer goods and services created by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as an alternative to the United States Consumer Price Index. This index is not currently employed by the United States in its programs, but is often discussed as a possible reform because many economists believe it better measures inflation and reduces the federal deficit through a combination of spending cuts and increased revenues. As such, because the Chained CPI is used to measure things such as Cost of Living Adjustments, overestimating inflation leads to a higher than actual living adjustment.

[WillyT]

8. K & R !!!

[KittyWampus]

11. What was the alternative to the sequester? Has the CCPI actually come to pass yet?