It's not all bad

While the recent "compromise" is full of bad ideas, crony pay offs, and huge tax increases it does make permanent the tax rate cuts on most Americans.  That's something.

Another plus is that Republicans raised taxes on the rich. Since that's been the only card in Obama's deck for the last 4 years he will no longer be able to blame his trillion dollar deficits on the rich not paying enough taxes. As the economy spirals down it's possible even the low information voters who preferred Romney's policies but felt Obama cared about them will get a clue and realize that the only thing Obama cares about in increasing the power of the government.