Tags: Fiscal Cliff

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You think $600 billion is scary? Try $87 trillion

Guys, the election is over?

Senators want quick deal while House members want to demand tax code and entitlement changes

Anything for the sake of higher taxes

War on Christmas?

Two-thirds are predicting that lawmakers will act like spoiled children, as per usual

Trying to rally support for tax increases on high-income earners

Fiscal worries are making some GOP lawmakers ready to accept tax hikes

Lots of them want their goodies so long as somebody else foots the bill

The donkey party is stubbornly refusing to consider doing anything about entitlements

Try life in the private sector

Obama's proposed taxes on the rich won't even pay for his own planned spending increases

The "fiscal cliff" is less frightening than the bankruptcy cliff.

We will soon find out if Chili Palmer was right when he said, “Sometimes you do your best work with a gun to your head.”

The feds don't ask why, they ask why not

D.C. has a long history of financial irresponsibility

Respect for civil liberties comes cheap

We'll all share the politicians' pain