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Compromise:

At least, they didn't strip everyone of their deductions, even expanding the per child tax credit, and teachers can still deduct their expenses.

This is our system, where one side pitches the idea of basically stripping all government spending of "handouts" only to spend on the military, roads and bridges, while the other pitches government takeover of the health Care system where everyone receives "complimentary" health care to EVERYONE IS FORCED TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE.

I believe they dropped the MANDATE. That was the last I heard. Can someone confirm, or deny this?

In the end, it's not the end of the world, but the of extremist rhetoric for the moment. Don't worry, it will be back soon. That IS our system.

Like wishing there weren't any holidays and we judged each day alike, instead of retailers doing something like 80% of their business during the holiday season at the end of the year rather than business being spread evenly throughout the year... It is not a reality. Its just a pipe dream. This is our system, of COMPROMISE.

As I once read on a bathroom wall, "Any fool knows you can't reach the Starz, but a wise man still tries".  So, maybe you want to be the next Hugh Hefner. But, what if you just get a great wife instead? Would that be so bad?

Compromise. We set our goals high on both sides, male and female alike. We, more often than not, achieve less than our imaginations might dream up. Stomp on the gas pedal. Slam on the brakes. Peace is in the middle. And, hopefully, in the Middle East. And, certainly for Jerusalem where the USA is right in the middle.

Shalom

Merry Christmas

Happy Chanukah

Assalamualaikum

Om

Happy Holidays!

When we all stop claiming to know God better than anybody else, we will find rest. But, what are we going to do about the nukes until then?

Compromise? Just don't use them.

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