Well, I think this whole thing was smoke and mirrors - Jon and I were talking about this yesterday. A couple days before the Fiscal Cliff BS, the announcement of their pay raise hit the public - right in the eye. So, more talks, politicians trying to solve the money and tax problems, and some of them need "a compromise." What, exactly, was compromised? "Agree to stop the pay raise, and we'll agree to the tax-solution proposal..." Smoke and mirrors. NOTHING was really compromised, was it? "If we say we'll give them a pay raise, we can use that as a target - to give up - to get what we want..." Fucking worked, too. Also, they were supposed to solve the tax problem, AND the deficit (spending) problem. The tax problem looks good on paper, but is bullpoopy in reality, AND they didn't do poop with the deficit (spending) problem. Nothing. We have a Deficit problem in this country - a Deficit in Leadership.