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To: TimF who wrote (47950)	3/10/2011 11:41:10 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 71588

Re: "1 - And the whip can't be spending cuts instead of tax increases?" The whip is! (Didn't you read any of the articles? BOTH automatic spending cuts and automatic tax increases would happen in the event that Congress failed utterly to deal with the deficit problem by passing legislation.) Re: "2 - Mandatory tax increases are more whip over the American people's heads than over congress'" That's exactly the point. Public pressure is necessary to move these politicians off of their normal special interest focus, and on to the long-term good of the nation.