As @EGreg says downthread, this package has zero chance of enactment any time in the next two years (or longer). It sounds to me like "highball" negotiating [1

As @EGreg says downthread, this package has zero chance of enactment any time in the next two years (or longer). It sounds to me like "highball" negotiating [1] --- ask for the world so that you can make "concessions" and still end up with what you really want. [1] E.g., http://changingminds.org/disciplines/negotiation/tactics/highball.htm http://changingminds.org/disciplines/negotiation/tactics/hig...