Falling Over the Cliff

By: Katie Beemer, Guest Contributor Fourth Party Politics

The budget cliff. It slowly looms over us, threatening to overcome the United States. Part of me wonders if this problem could be overturned simply, without all of the fuss. Groups in Washington need to man up and get past their differences long enough to solve the looming crisis. 

While both Democrats and Republicans have many differences, this is a petty one. Both sides refuse to compromise. The Democrats just want to raise taxes, and the Republicans just want to cut spending. It will take a combination of both techniques to solve our budget crises. We must raise taxes while simultaneously cutting spending. Remember what we learned in Kindergarten? “Sharing is caring.” So, the people on the Hill need to learn how to share in a way so that everyone does not lose. The way we are going, the entire country will lose, not to mention it will probably send the world markets into a spiral. This conundrum we face is indeed difficult to solve, but not impossible. If Americans can get past the partisanship of politics, the United States would be a much happier place. Hopefully, we will not ring in the new year with the tragedy of falling over the fiscal cliff hanging over our necks.