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Originally Posted by nik-
So, I admit I haven't been paying attention to this "Fiscal Cliff" crap. Why are they going to have to deal with this in a month again?
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The reason is that the debt ceiling comes up right around then, so if they had negotiated a full deal now, the republicans could've held Obama hostage again for even more cuts because they can. So they postponed the cuts part till then so that way they don't have to deal with them being d-bags again like last time. It basically makes the Republicans bargain in good faith, something that they obviously cannot be trusted to do due to their prior actions.