Guest Post: Thought Experiment: Why Obama Wants The Fiscal Cliff
by Lance Roberts
ZeroHedge.com
12/05/2012
The use of economic pain to expand governmental control of a nation is not a new concept. It has been a tool successfully used many times in history. The reality that “taxing the wealthy” does not increase revenue or promote economic growth is lost on the 80% of Americans that are economically uninformed and are just struggling to maintain their current standard of living. The path over the “fiscal cliff” is bad for the economy, the average American family and the stock market. However, for the White House, going over the “cliff” is the next move in this elaborate game of chess which will clear the path towards completing Obama’s long term objectives of complete socialization of the American economy.
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