What is the 'fiscal cliff?'

POSTED: 08:50 AM PST Nov 09, 2012    UPDATED: 05:28 AM PST Dec 31, 2012 

Confused by all this talk of a "fiscal cliff" and what it means to you? As lawmakers in Washington try to beat tonight's deadline, here are some answers.

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Now all of those things -- the Alternative Minimum Tax, the undoing of Bush/Obama tax cuts and the Budget Control Act -- are about to hit. It's what some call a "perfect storm" of economic disaster.

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