Fiscal Cliff Notes: Part II  One of the big advantages that
President Obama has, as he plays “chicken” with the
Congressional Republicans along the “fiscal cliff,” is that
Obama is a master of the plausible lie, which will never be
exposed by the mainstream media– nor, apparently, by the
Republicans.  A key lie that has been repeated over and over,
largely unanswered, is that President Bush’s “tax cuts for the
rich” cost the government so much lost tax revenue that this
added to the budget deficit– so that the government cannot
afford to allow the cost of letting the Bush tax rates continue
for “the rich.”  It sounds very plausible, and constant
repetition without a challenge may well be enough to convince
the voting public that, if the Republican-controlled House of
Representatives does not go along with Barack Obama’s demands
for more spending and higher tax rates on the top 2 percent, it
just shows that they care more for “the rich” than for the other
98 percent.  What is remarkable is how easy it is to sh