I'm not sure the country is going over the cliff, but DU sure as hell has.

[King_Klonopin]

258. After four years of total, intransigent obstruction by the GOP

We should be enjoying this moment -- when our president and
vice president deftly steered the country farther to "the left".

It may not be as ideal as I/we would have it, but it's a big gain
in the direction we desire. Finally, after four years of stonewalling,
a big chunk of legislation is passed in favor of the Blue Team (who
have held the Senate and Executive Office for four years!)

Aside from the Affordable Care Act, this is a huge accomplishment.
The GOP may be waking from their delusions a little bit. Democrats
won the last election; the GOP lost. The majority of Americans don't
buy their talking points and bullshit anymore. The greed-heads who
broke the country with their fascist policies are now being held to
account and to pay for the damage they wreaked.

Yup, it's not $250,000; it's only $400,000. BUT the rate is 39.6%
rather than some lesser rate the republicans were pushing to get.

Appreciate that the inertia has changed. Congress is no longer a
"body at rest" (i.e. doing nothing just to spite President Obama)