Fiscal Cliff: Obama Calls On Congress To Pass Scaled-Down Package (VIDEO)

Obviously I can only speculate as to motive(s).  I don't think it's one motive, or that they all share the same motive.  A number of them are motivated by the Republican Party's policies'  philosophy (that links all their policies, e.g., business owners over workers, white men's rights over women's and minorities' rights, military spending and might over diplomatic and UN and domestic spending, unregulated capitalism over union workers and job safety and working conditions, etc.  

There is a herd mentality (particularly in the House of Representatives), it's not unlike high school, with a deference to authority (to their party's leadership, the hierarchy within government, the monied interests that sent them to Washington, et al), and a good number of them really are not any smarter than a box of hammers (Louis Gohmert from Texas is one example).  When it comes to Obama's motives, I think he's sympathetic to banking interests (I think Obama's a DINO, a Trojan horse, and was never interested in governing as a populist - His record in the White House, in the Illinois State Senate and biography inform me of that).  

I can give you some links (that include other links) that can help show you what forms my thinking on the matter:

This is the one that nobody but a very few talk about, and the one that may best explain the economic catastrophe bearing down on us and what's motivating the powers that be - 
http://articles.marketwatch.com/2008-03-10/finance/30753760_1_derivatives-bubble-subprime

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Marcospinelli/climate-change-president_b_2341543_216251777.html

http://www.amazon.com/The-Bridge-Barack-Obama-Vintage/dp/037570230X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1356396259&sr=8-2&keywords=david+remnick

There are other citations that I regularly include in my comments - Click on the colored text.  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Marcospinelli?action=comments

Happy Holidays and the best of luck to you and yours.
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