From Josh Kalven at the Huffington Post:
With the elections over, the nation’s attention has turned to a set of spending cuts and tax increases scheduled to go into effect at the start of next year. All totaled, these measures would take more than $600 billion out of the economy in 2013.
Many are referring to these impending policy changes as the "fiscal cliff," while others prefer less alarmist metaphors such as "fiscal slope"…






