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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Cliffpocalypsemageddonacaust - Totally Solvable Budget Problem
To force themselves to work together and compromise, Congress and the White House concocted a catastrophic, economy-crashing penalty for fiscal inaction. (05:56)
Superbad
The congressional super committee's failure to reach a deficit-cutting agreement could trigger sequestration, which combines sequestering and castration. (07:21)
Game of Loans - Discretionary Social Spending
There's an interesting, fundamental debate to be had over how to pay for government aid, and then there's the bipartisan debate actually taking place in Congress. (02:08)
Welcome Back, Cutters
The debt-ceiling super committee is like the Avengers of congressmen, only without being cool or having a super power. (03:28)
Moneybrawl
Barack Obama sells his tax plan to Americans by appealing to their love of math. (02:51)
America's Next TARP Model
A Bloomberg report reveals that the U.S. government loaned banks $7.7 trillion in secret bailout funds at no interest and then borrowed the money back at interest. (07:53)
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Aired: 05/10/12
The super committee resembles the Avengers, and Robert Caro talks Bobby Kennedy and L.B.J.
The Fiscal Cliff
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