Cliff Clarity

Yes we have a winner. And of course other winners. But like lemmings will old beliefs persist and all of us be lead off a cliff?

I am a more seasoned person I admit, but in my time I have never seen a fiscal cliff. Actually I stay away from cliffs of the real type when near them. You would never catch me at the edge of the Grand Canyon. You see I fear that even though I do not want to fall or jump, just proximity to the edge would cause me to lose my balance and I tumbling I would go. So I avoid cliffs.

My fear is the government is lot like me. They get close, but despite their best intentions, they fall - and they pull us with them. Hey they already are - have you looked at the stock market lately. The fiscal cliff looms larger as we step closer. I cannot get a good visual of it at the moment, but for some reason I am seeing related imagery in my brain - all quite unpleasant. More like something I once saw in Kenneth Anger film. 

I also do not cope well with lack of clarity. These days even after the election there is a severe lack of clarity. Cliffs and lack of clarity ahead. Golden parachutes a thing of the past (and no use when falling from the fiscal cliff by the way). Not the optimism I often felt after an election in the past. Are there are still too many tea drinking extremists out there who do not care about us? I fear so as they continue to all just try to baffle us with bullish** so we will follow.  Lest I raise the concern that it is us to blame as well?