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The "fiscal cliff" legislation passed this week included $76 billion in special-interest tax credits for the likes of General Electric, Hollywood and even Captain Morgan. But these subsidies weren't the fruit of eleventh-hour lobbying conducted on the cliff's edge -- they were crafted back in August in a Senate committee, and they sat dormant until the White House reportedly insisted on them this week. (Tim Carney,
"How corporate tax credits got in the 'cliff' deal,
The Examiner.)
* Remember "We have to pass the bill before we know what's in it"? Well, here we go again. --
"Senators Got 154-Page 'Fiscal Cliff' Bill 3 Minutes Before Voting on It."
* Who cares about promises made to the American people? Not politicians --
not even Republican politicians.
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Obama Wins. The G.O.P. Caves. (And Americans Get a Very, Very Bad Deal)
