ERBetelgeuse wrote:
The 'fiscal cliff' is to be dreaded because economists (at least some) believe we'll go into another recession and unemployment will creep back up to 9% and over.


They could be right, but under what scenario that avoids the fiscal door stop are we not going to experience that?

The only way to avoid it is to raise taxes and cut spending.  Any deal that avoids sequestration and doesn't do that is a big fat lie, and just makes everything worse further down the road.

We have to eat less and exercise more and we have to start now.