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About a year ahead?
The Bush taxcuts is the checkmate and the goal of the game.
This budget is not the last. There is another next year. What will the Republicans use to get Obama to sign another extension, permanently, for the Bush taxcuts? Once you make a deal with them and they roll you, they will come back even more aggressive the next time.
The first roll was the extension of the Bush taxcuts last year, instead of letting them expire? But they held the unemployed hostage in those negotiations. Instead of standing their ground and fighting for the unemployed before the last election, Obama and the Democrats surrendered their ground. That is why they are fighting the second battle right now. And the battle next year will be even bigger.
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