Tax and Spend

Boehner doesn't rule out tax rate hikes, so it seems the plutocrats have already decided tax rates will go up.

CNN exposes the fraud of politics.

"Publicly, both President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner continue to argue their positions on taxes and entitlement reforms, hoping they can win the public relations battle that frames their respective party as the one responsibly pursuing a solution, and the other side as the one that won't budge."

But...

"But as dueling news conferences and photo ops are happening for public consumption at the White House and Capitol Hill press studios, a tight circle of trusted aides float proposals on how much they might be willing to compromise inside conference rooms or over e-mail."

However, CNN doesn't expose the entire charade.

"Two senior former Capitol Hill insiders who worked on opposite sides of negotiations similar to the fiscal cliff talks agree that public posturing will continue for a while. They agree there won't be any major breakthroughs on a deal until both sides feel the pressure of the deadline and their backs are against the wall."

The theater won't end until the deadline strikes. But that's now when they make the deal. The deal is already done. That's when they force the deal down everybody's throat.