U.S. economy heading straight for the cliff (CNN)...Dow down 6.80% in past 30 days!

Experts warn of a drastic hit to U.S. economy if politicians don't avert "fiscal cliff"

U.S. faces scary combination of the mounting debt, tax cut expirations, spending cuts

Amitai Etzioni: We can't afford to wait for after the election to deal with these issues

He says markets, credit agencies often anticipate events, rather than wait for them to happen

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