Payroll will pass, optimsm on both sides
Washington Post 1-25
“State of the Union Proposals: What Might Pass,”
PAYROLL TAX HOLIDAY: House-Senate negotiations .. resolution to the matter.
Political capital key
Politico 12-17-11. [“Senate punts: Two-month deal on payroll” -- ]
Senate leaders struck a … will be a theme,” Durbin said
Democracy Assistance gurantees a fight –
Mitchell 2-2
(Lincoln is at the Harman Institute at Columbia University, “Supporting Democracy and Supporting Dictatorship in Egypt,”)
Outside of a few parts of … to democracy and freedom.
Failure causes double dip and collapses personal consumption
Guardian 12-28
“Extending Obama's tax cuts should be new year's resolution for Republicans”
Republicans caved in … Republicans' reputation that suffers.
A double dip recession triggers an economic depression.
Isidore 11. [Chris, Senior Writer, “Recession 2.0 would hurt worse” CNN Money -- August 10 -- CNN Money -- ]
Another recession could … effort to counteract it.
Economic collapse leads to global war.
Lind, New America Foundation Economic Growth Program Policy Director, 5/11/2010
[Michael, "Will the great recession lead to World War IV?," http://www.salon.com/news/economics/index.html?story=/opinion/feature/2010/05/11/great_recession_world_war_iv]
If history is any guide, … easy to imagine.