By Cassandra Vinch
The fiscal cliff is a problem our government is currently facing. It's essentially a set of drastic tax increases and spending cuts, and it's something that could become a reality on Jan. 1.
That is, unless Congress and the president can compromise.
"I think that they set this up so that it would be so drastic that it would almost force them to come to some sort of agreement," Randy Cray, UWSP chief economist said.