How many of my fellow Duers want to see a deal with the GOP?

[hay rick]

23. Not me.

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I thought the payroll tax holiday was a mistake at the time. Good riddance.

The Bush tax cuts were another abomination. Let them go away and make the Republicans oppose a middle class tax cut after the 1st.

The sequester at least cuts military spending. Sadly, I expect bipartisan restoration of most of the military spending- sooner rather than later. Delaying the restoration may be a useful bargaining chip.

The AMT patch will be passed with bipartisan support.

The Medicare "doc fix" will be passed with bipartisan support.

Not renewing extended unemployment benefits will spread a lot of misery, but at some point you have to stop paying the blackmailers and that time is past due. A deal that renewed extended unemployment benefits and nothing else would be more than good enough.

Avoiding any or all of the potential short-term damage to the economy resulting from "going over the cliff" is not worth the long-term misery that would be inflicted by implementing chained CPI or increasing the age for Medicare eligibility.