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Five Easy Post-Election Predictions

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It’s true that Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have many political differences. But they also agree on many essential policies; enough to make the next four years easily predictable, no matter who wins. Here are five predictions based on the most important shared beliefs of the two candidates:

Read more @: Five Easy Post-Election Predictions » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

When the election is said and done no matter who wins a lot will remain the same. No radical change will occur. Both candidates as usual have so much in common. Unions will loose more and more power. The environment will still be put on the back burner. Wall street will own politics and keep on buying out our democracy. Austerity will have to happen at some point. The "war on terror" will continue. The "war on drugs" will continue.
Nothing drastic is going to happen.
 
Read more @: Five Easy Post-Election Predictions » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

When the election is said and done no matter who wins a lot will remain the same. No radical change will occur. Both candidates as usual have so much in common. Unions will loose more and more power. The environment will still be put on the back burner. Wall street will own politics and keep on buying out our democracy. Austerity will have to happen at some point. The "war on terror" will continue. The "war on drugs" will continue.
Nothing drastic is going to happen.

Probably true but we can hope.
 
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