10 Ways to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff  The money's there if you know
where to look for it.  | Wed Nov. 28, 2012 6:03 AM EST  Although
you might never know it from listening to the pundits, America
isn't broke. We have plenty of money to pay for government
programs—we've just gradually lost our ability to collect it.
Here are 10 ways, most of them long favored by liberal
economists, that politicians could avoid the fiscal cliff's $1.2
trillion in trigger cuts. While these ideas alone won't
immediately eliminate the budget deficit, they will, combined
with expected growth, point the nation towards a sustainable
fiscal path.  Stop giving investors a sweetheart deal Additional
revenue: $533 billion over 10 years Low tax rates on capital
gains are the main reason that billionaire investment guru
Warren Buffett pays a smaller percentage of his income in taxes
than his secretary does. In 2003, Congress capped the rate on
capital gains (investment income) at 15 percent—far less than
the 35 percent that people pay on thei