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Obama’s Tough Words for Liberals: Truth or Dare?

I post this more so you can read the comments. Do read the article, and then read the comments. They are absolutely telling as to how the left feels about the Obama tax-deal including likely impact on 2012.  There are also some hard facts right up front .e.g, what the 2% payroll taxcut really translates to - that is accurate and should be understood by all.