Wednesday, January 2, 2013

UPDATE: Fiscal cliff? Welcome to Illinois. « Fred Klonsky

Fiscal cliff? Welcome to Illinois. « Fred Klonsky:


Fiscal cliff? Welcome to Illinois.

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Tea Party Congressman Eric Cantor would be an Illinois Democrat.
It went into overtime, but the battle in Washington over tax cuts for the wealthy and misnamed “entitlements” didn’t exactly have the excitement of a good NBA game.
What was common to both is that most of us were merely spectators.
The inestimable Paul Krugman points out the obvious: Things aren’t settled yet.
Many more cliffs to follow.
Kudos to Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, the sole progressive Democrat in the Senate


Ten minute drawing. Boehner’s words of wisdom.

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