The Problem Of The So-Called fiscal cliff is a self inflicted one: it was designed to be problematic. Republicans and Democrats intended its automatic tax hikes and spending cuts to be so unpalatable that they'd be forced to make a long-term deficit-reduction deal before January 2013 in order to avoid them. But they have not yet cut a deal, so they're dragging all of us toward the cliff they built for themselves.
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