The rich folk who back the Republicans will not be happy if their taxes rise automatically without any rationale attempt at a bargain.

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Japan maintained bargain-basement rates in a futile attempt at stimulus.

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Yet one of the first foreign policy initiatives promised by the incoming Obama administration is to attempt to diplomatically engage Iran with the aim of striking a grand bargain with the mullahs.

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