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Shortly after the election, a deal between the Republicans and Democrats looked entirely possible, but as the FT's Stephanie Kirchgaessner reports, only a few weeks later things are looking very different. Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist thinks US president Barack Obama is pushing the country over the cliff on purpose.
For more on the US Fiscal Cliff visit http://www.ft.com/intl/indepth/us-fiscal-cliff
