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Keith Jarrett Trio: Standards (1996 - Full Concert)

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Targetpractice12/17/2012 7:20:30 pm PST

So yeah, I found the White House proposal, and I’m not impressed:

Obama Makes Boehner A New Offer

The details, via a source familiar with the negotiations, include: a movement on revenue demands to $1.2 trillion from an initial $1.6 trillion, a permanent extension of Bush-era tax rates for incomes less than $400,000 (Obama initially set the threshold at $250,000), $1.2 trillion in spending cuts, a “fast track process” for corporate and individual tax reform once the new Congress convenes, permanent extension of tax extenders and the alternative minimum tax, an extension of unemployment benefits set to expire at the end of the year, additional stimulus in the form of infrastructure spending and a two-year debt limit increase.

The White House proposal would also allow the payroll tax cut to expire, and call for $130 billion in savings from Social Security benefits by adjusting the program’s inflation index. The offer would include protections for the most vulnerable recipients, the person said.

It’s hard not to see Obama falling back into bad habits, pulling Boehner’s ass out of the fire by trying to meet him in the middle, knowing that he’s gonna get nothing in return and just have to listen to them scream for the next two years that he’s spending the country over the cliff.