Notre “esprit de 1793”
Notre >esprit de 1793fiscal clifffalaise fiscaleconspiration du silenceDemystifying the Fiscal Impasse That Is Vexing Washington,< the Times asks, rhetorically: >Many Americans must be wondering: What is all this about a ‘fiscal cliff?’ And why did it receive so little attention during the presidential campaign?< The answer follows: >Well, it’s complicated—the so-called cliff, that is. And most solutions are politically painful. In a rare show of bipartisanship, or mutual protection, both parties ducked the debate until after the election.first order of business.< This is because the plans are >politically painfulthird rail< of American politics, an aura of inevitability. »After asserting that both parties >ducked< the issue… Notre “esprit de 1793”