The Fiscal Cliff

      The Fiscal Cliff.  Is that a new energy bar?  Does it combine nuts, ice cold molasses, unidentified fried objects, and or other ingredients too numerous to mention?  The mayor is not afraid of the fiscal cliff, not should members of the Tahoma community be afraid either.   Few residents will feel any short term effects, and probably fewer long term effects.
      Will we have to pay more taxes?  Payroll taxes will go BACK to were they were pre- Obama tax cut(postponement).  Maybe unemployment bennies will be terminated, after 99 weeks.  Come on, do you want to be sitting around forever, waiting for the right job to hit you in the face?  No.
     Will Obamacare be terminated?  No, it's the law of the land, ala the Supremes.  It will just take another year to be FULLY implemented.  Again, Obamacare is coming to a city/town near you in all its glory of Socialized medicine.  Perhaps we can then afford medical like the rest of the 1st world.  Wouldn't that be nice?
     Ooooooohhhh, the defense department might get cuts.  Oh, dear, maybe they'll have to build one less drone or two.  Or maybe one less spy plane will be flying over Los Angeles every night?  Who cares?   They can waste more money on weapons system than any ten sovereign govs can waste on palaces in 30 years!
       So, don't be afraid, despite the press and its screeching "cliff" headlines and endless worrisome stories.  Pshaw. BS, etc.