I'm not sure the country is going over the cliff, but DU sure as hell has.

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182. A perusal of my posts on the subject of the defense budget from 2003 (when I joined DU) until

the present will reveal that I have continually advocated for cuts to the defense budget akin to the cuts that occurred after World War II. I have also jokingly referred to the defense budget as the largest Keynsian program in the history of the known universe but not one whose results merit continuing (losing 2 wars in 10 years has to be some kind of record, I would say).

More to the point, I've been demonstrating in person and in public against our imperial state since, oh, about 1983 (when Reagan was President), as review of my posts will also indicate.

What are your progressive credentials? Or am I 'crazy' to ask?

A $250K limit does not in and of itself cure childhood poverty. But it certainly makes a fuck of a lot more revenue available to begin the process. The plain fact is that Social Security has been one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in the history of the known universe. We now need to focus on the other side of the age spectrum, i.e., those too weak to advocate for their own interests.

I frankly find all the sturm und drang over the so-called fiscal cliff obscene given the massive social dysfunctions that beset this society. But, hey, that's me. Jesus H. Christ, 1% controls 40% of the wealth. Why isn't anyone in power talking about that little fact????