Slipped. 06 . We can talk all we want about whats going to happen next week in terms of earnings, stocks. And we will. But this time our game plan begins oddly and strangely on a sunday. Sunday when the treasury secretary of the United States of america will be on meet the press addressing the fiscal cliff situation. As a student of secretary geithner who has studied every move i believe he will report we are going to avoid falling over the fiscal cliff and get deal. In part because the two sides arent that far apart. They sound like they are but they may not be. Both sides recognize that we will be in a recession very quickly, maybe even as soon as the second quarter. If they dont compromise. So listen to me. The tax hikes are so severe. [ audience boos ] the spending cuts, particularly the cuts to the military, are so draconian even some republicans who think a compromise is a total betrayal, they fear the economic consequences of cliff jumping. Once a deal is reached. Tax rates, twe