Quote Originally Posted by NCCRavensFan View Post
The stock market plunge has more to do with the "Fiscal Cliff" that is looming at the start of January. Once a deal is made (and we should all pray a deal is made regardless of political leaning) the markets should stabilize. No matter who was elected, this was going to be dealt with by the 112th congress, so hopefully congress finally gets to work.

The reason the markets are so skittish over this is that we're talking about automatic budget cuts and taxes that will remove 5-6% of National GDP which is a BFD.
Agree to a point.

People are also concerned about where to put their money, thanks to $16 Trillion in debt with only $15 Trillion in circulation. That's far more of an issue than next years budget.