MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Why the Lame Duck Session Matters So Much for Grand Bargaineers
By AmericanDreamer on Thu, 10/11/2012 - 11:09am |........
Once the Bush tax cuts expire, there's no more bargain to be made. In objective budget terms, that's not a bad thing—there's no actual problem that a grand bargain would solve. But the pursuit of the grand bargain for its own sake has become very important to a lot of people and Peterson's succeeded in turning it into a mid-sized industry in DC. So the pursuit will continue.
Matt Yglesias, October 5, Slate's Money Box
URL:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2012/10/09/grand_bargain_how_its_relentless_pursuit_hurts_america_.html
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