[frogjerk]

lets say all of this goes thru - what does it actually accomplish? NOTHING BUT CASH CONFISCATION

[ClearCase_guy]

It’s pretty much everything Obama wanted.

That Boehner! What a negotiator!! I’m not sure we got a darn thing out of this little deal.

[SkyPilot]

The antichrist cannot achieve his goal of world economic slavery without removing freedom on a world wide scale.

You cannot have freedom without economic freedom.

Today, the US Govt is a big ATM machine. Over 70% of all expenditures are on Entitlements.

People want "their check." That goes for many Republicans as well.

Don't believe me? Try debating entitlements here for a few hours and watch the glass fly.

[fhayek]

This all sounds vaguely like business as usual in Washington. Tax increases locked in. Cuts to be ‘discussed’ somewhere down the line. So we avert the fiscal cliff frying pan, only to be thrown into the financial Armageddon fire.