Greg Valliere, the Chief Political Strategist at Potomac Research Group, says the Republican ploy is the "worst case scenario" for the negotiations.
Valliere now thinks it is likely that the "deal" will slip into next year and may not happen as early in January as many people expect.
So, what would finally galvanize Washington lawmakers and get them to do what American citizens elected them to do? (Lead.)
A stock market crash.
If Wall Street finally begins to believe that this isn't just kabuki theater--that our leaders really are incompetent and might drive the country off the cliff--the stock market might drop in anticipation of a coming recession. And this, Valliere says, might suddenly wake up the politicians, who would then begin to worry about getting fired because of the crappy economy.
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/...e-160618522.html
Auf Deutsch: Wenn das ganze Hick-Hack für eine "Umschiffung" des Fiscal Cliffs sich noch länger hinziehen sollte, hilft nur eines, die Politiker zu einer schnellen Lösung bewegen - ein Market-Crash wie 2008!
Hoffentlich ist man rechtzeitig vernünftig.