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Cliff Diving?

It’s time to take a leap and end game of kick the can

So a deal was reached this week that, experts say, temporarily spares the American economy from falling off the proverbial “fiscal cliff.”

With the Jan. 1 deadline looming, Democrats and Republicans in both the Senate and House compromised on President Barack Obama’s campaign promise to raise taxes on the richest 2 percent of Americans. Instead, the income-tax rate on the top 0.7 percent of Americans, individuals making more than $400,000 annually or families making more than $450,000, will increase.

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