Actually the real fiscal cliff is coming in the next couple of years. By 2022, we will have spent more than $5 trillion in interest payments, more than 14% of ALL REVENUE will be spent on interest, we will be spending more on interest than on Medicaid, interest will equal half of Social Security spending, and will almost equal the entire defense <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/05/news/economy/national-debt-interest/index.htm"budget.

Those figures ought to scare you a whole hell of a lot more than the prospect of those evil extremists failing to raise the debt ceiling next year.