Washington Post Doesn't Try to Scare You

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Washington Post Doesn't Try to Scare You

Saturday, 17 November 2012 15:46

After warning readers of the dire consequences of waiting until after January 1 to reach a deal on taxes and spending, the Post told readers that the markets don't seem to share its concerns. This was a good honest assessment of what to date seems to be largely a non-response to the dire warnings emanating from Washington policy circles about THE FISCAL CLIFF!!!!!!!!

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More Confusion from WaPo on the Fiscal Cliff
written by Robert Salzberg, November 18, 2012 4:53

An article in WaPo about 5 myths about the fiscal cliff starts with 4 myths that are not myths.

The first myth is priceless with the author starting by admitting that the myth is fundamentally true.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-the-fiscal-cliff/2012/11/16/bc061c88-2f3f-11e2-9f50-0308e1e75445_story_1.html

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Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. He is the author of several books, his latest being The End of Loser Liberalism: Making Markets Progressive. Read more about Dean.

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