Jay Evensen: The fiscal cliff looms, so why won't either party talk about it?

This is one of the better editorials written by a member of the DN staff. I do have to take exception to the claim that the current Administration has failed to acknowledge the looming issue and failed to propose a viable solution. My impression is More..

The fact is, that intelligent people and even some dumb politicians know that the national debt has zero effect on what the national government can and will do. Never has and probably never will.

The fuss about the national debt has More..

Why won't they opposing parties talk about the fiscal cliff? It's because they don't know what the cliff looks like. Economics professor Laurence J. Kotlikoff, who served as a senior economist on President Reagan's Council of More..