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Fiscal Cliff After Jan. 1 2013: Now What? FSCJ Economist Roman Cech Talks to On Point
Nov 1, 2022, 10:58 AM
Florida State College at Jacksonville Professor of Economics Roman Cech, Ph.D., revisits the Fiscal Cliff with First Coast News Anchor Shannon Ogden in this Jan. 13, 2013 broadcast of On Point. Dr. Cech appeared in the Dec. 15, 2012 WJXX broadcast to talk about what could happen after Dec. 31.It's after Dec. 31... What happened?
New laws rescinded the looming tax hikes and spending cuts as the President and Congress wrestled to the edge of the Fiscal Cliff. Dr. Roman Cech answers Shannon Ogden's questions about what happened to avert the fall. He also explains what it means in the short term. What about the long term? And what about the long, long term? Is anyone even thinking about that? Should they be?