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the fiscal cliff doesn’t refer to a single event, rather a combination of events that could possibly derail the U.S. economy
the president did cut his trip to Hawaii short in order to address the calamity facing the United States economy as it stands ready to be pushed over the fiscal...
Wednesday morning America woke up and found that the economic crisis known as the “fiscal cliff” remains unresolved.
Going off the fiscal cliff will trigger higher taxes and spending cuts which can have a major impact on our already shaky economy.
The lawmakers couldn’t reach a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff problem before Chritsmas and may not even reconvene before the New Year.
And if the Democratic and Republican parties cannot reach an agreement by December 31, 2012, we’ll wave goodbye to the Bush tax cuts which have given households a tax break...
the Internal Revenue Service has already warned Congress that if they do not resolve the fiscal cliff crisis by December 31 as many as 100 million taxpayers will be unable...
With the year-end deadline racing like a freight train there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel for bipartisan talks to solve the fiscal cliff crisis.
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