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economics and federal fretting over the fiscal cliff  Published:
Friday, December 07, 2012, 8:00 PM     Updated: Friday, December
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letter Post at My Oregon, the Oregonian's online community
opinion hub. Let's face it, neither party wants to tell us what
we don't want to hear: We all must contribute a bit more in
taxes to avoid the fiscal cliff.   President Obama won by taking
a "balanced approach" regarding the economy, and it is
recovering slowly but surely. Some congressional Republicans
still want to take down Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and
basically lay them to waste. They are wrong-headed and following
a dangerous path for America.   What both parties need to do to
avoid the cliff and put America back on track is support the
president so we can continue economic recovery. Yes, increase
taxes on the wealthy and corporations, but the president and
Congress should also ask th