and i am confident that we will ultimately solve it, i m just not sure we ll solve it on december 31st. even the withholding tables, your paycheck should actually reflect the higher taxes that set in once we go over the cliff. the treasury can put that off for a few weeks. none of this is pretty. it s actually ridiculous, pretty dysfunctional politics. we set this crazy trap for ourselves and we re about to inflict a wound that it doesn t need that. we can engage in a set of ma shin nations that look like a fiscal slope and erosion that we can reverse quickly if we can make compromises. i can see why you re a contributor to our sister station cnbc stuff. you put it out there straight and make it understandable. i appreciate that. take care. coming up next, mom and pop shops ready to ring in the holiday shopping season. you re going to find out how to make it big on small business saturday. plus, succeeding secretary