In other places a man who plays three guitars at the same time might be dubbed a trickster, the musical equivalent of a Three Card Monte dealer.

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By the standards of 2013, that positively marks it as a small time operation, the corporate equivalent of a three-card monte scheme.

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As the Fiscal Cliff debate diffuses into so many Three-Card Monte games during 2013, perhaps the clarity of the Government Affordability Index can prevent us from being tricked, over and over and over again.

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