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Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock on U-S Fiscal Cliff

By on November 28, 2012
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(AP)  THE CLOCK IS TICKING ON THE APPROACH TO THE FISCAL CLIFF AND A DISCONNECT REMAINS IN WHAT THE PARTIES ARE WILLING TO DO TO PREVENT IT.

REPUBLICANS’ NEWFOUND WILLINGNESS TO CONSIDER TAX INCREASES COMES WITH A CATCH: LARGER CUTS THAN DEMOCRATS SEEM WILLING TO CONSIDER TO BENEFIT PROGRAMS.  AND THERE’S AN IMPASSE WITH THE WHITE HOUSE OVER RAISING TAX RATES ON UPPER-BRACKET EARNERS.