The danger the United States faces today is that the government debt crisis scheduled to hit Congress
next spring (when Republicans are threatening to vote
against raising the federal debt limit as the government deficit soars) will provide an opportunity for the wealthy to give a
coup de grace on what is left of progressive taxation in this country.
The governor spent the
next year armoring his left flank, presumably
against the threat of a 2018
coup attempt by a liberal rival like state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman or Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.