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hiromichi
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 Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 11:01 am Post subject: the ultimate cap |
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What does "the ultimate cap" mean?
WASHINGTON � In the ultimate cap to a year of last-minute, half-loaf legislation, the Senate voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to extend a payroll tax cut for a two months, with the chamber�s leaders and the White House proclaiming victory, even as they pushed the issue of how to extend the tax cut and unemployment benefits into the new year.
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CP
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Ultimate means final, and cap means what is at the top or at the end. The actual meaning is that the final act is something as ridiculous as everything else that happened this year.
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hiromichi
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CP:
Thank you very much.
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