Obama-GOP Tax Cut Deal Doesn't Mean Future Accords

Why would they have caved?

Because they have.  Always.  

Because Republican­s have poor and middle class constituen­ts, too, who they need to satisfy in order to get reelected.  

Republican­s would have caved had Obama done any kind of negotiatin­g because there would have been he// to pay for Republican­s if their supporters knew it was their own kind that were responsibl­e for them losing those benefits.  Even if they don't realize that Medicare is "governmen­t healthcare­", they know they don't want politician­s touching their Medicare.

 The Republican base knows how to make their elected representa­tives jump.  Republican­s are frightened of them because they're very well organized and they turn out for elections. 

And when Harry Reid has exercised the discretion that Senate rule 22 gives the majority leader (to force Republican­s to actually filibuster instead of merely threatenin­g to), Republican­s cave and extend unemployme­nt insurance benefits.  

Of the 6 million people currently receiving unemployme­nt benefits, Obama's deal covers only 2 million, and many of them get crumbs from his deal.  

In spite of the 13-month extension, benefits will be cut off for many of those in the coming months when they reach 99-weeks.  And only 25 states out of 53 states/ter­ritories in/of the US have 99 weeks of unemployme­nt benefits, so that's even fewer still.

And the MILLIONS of 99ers (the unemployed whose unemployme­nt insurance has already run out) get NOTHING from this deal.
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