Nancy Pelosi: No Fiscal Cliff Deal Without Tax Hikes For Rich (VIDEO)

And before I dispense with you entirely, let's talk about the oft-claimed "all or nothing" charge made by the Democrats-In-Name-Only 'centrists':

DINOs are mighty cavalier about giving away the programs hard fought for by liberals, programs that created the greatest middle class in the history of human civilization.  The "foot in the door" that you speak of is the establishment of Republican (pro-corporate) policies that drain resources and rights from the People and vest them with the rich/the 1%/the Corporate Motherboard.  The "foot in the door", that concretizes the insurance industry as the gatekeeper to medical treatment, an industry that adds nothing to the medical model, exists only to profit from denying people medical treatment.  

Experience tells me that people who view themselves as moderates do so because they have no skin in the game.  When we get to their issues, they quickly drop the "can't we all get along" bipartisan attitudes, and want what those who they had insulted for being "extreme" wanted.
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