Another purpose of the "Fiscal cliff" dilemma

Just a random thought...

When people are worried for themselves, when they are worried about their MONEY...can they worry about other people anymore? About something that has already happened and is in the past (just over a week past)?

It's convenient that the fiscal cliff is the main discussion on the news at this point...so that Sandy Hook and all of the holes in the story, can be avoided completely and forgotten about. Just convenient.