What is the Fiscal Cliff?

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“Fiscal cliff” is the popular shorthand term used to describe the conundrum that the U.S. government will face at the end of 2012, when the terms of the Budget Control Act of 2011 are scheduled to go into effect.

Among the laws set to change at midnight on December 31, 2012, are the end of last year’s temporary payroll tax cuts (resulting in a 2% tax increase for workers), the end of certain tax breaks for businesses, shifts in the alternative minimum tax that would take a larger bite, the end of the tax cuts from 2001-2003, and the beginning of taxes related to President

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U.S. Per Person Debt Now 35 Percent Higher than that of Greece

U.S. Per Person Debt Now 35 Percent Higher Than That Of Greece

A chart from the Republican side of the Senate Budget Committee shows that “U.S. Per Person Debt is Now 35 Percent Higher than that of Greece.”

“According to estimates from the International Monetary Fund, America’s total government debt will be $16.8 trillion by the end of the calendar year, compared to $441 billion for Greece,” the Republican side of the Senate Budget Committee explains. “On a per person basis, that means U.S. debt is $53,400 for every

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