Crisis threatens country with steep drop in Federal spending for many vulnerable to fiscal cliff

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Five reasons America won’t fall off the ‘fiscal cliff’

The Christian Science Monitor

Relax, America. You can put your parachutes away. Washington isn’t likely to take the country over the dreaded “fiscal cliff.” Even a capital city as deadlocked and dysfunctional as Washington has been in recent years is not likely to risk a move that has many economic and political ramifications

Americans Think “Spoiled Children” Politicians Will Send Us Over Fiscal Cliff

NewsLook

As America hurdles towards the fiscal cliff, polls say a big majority doesn’t think Washington will be able to negotiate a deal because our politicians are more like “spoiled children” than “responsible adults.” Jay DeDapper says that may help explain why Democrats are pressing Barack Obama to hold talks.