Sort of spieled my thoughts all over the place but to place them in a single thread....

The main reason the market is tanking is Obama saying he won't except a solution without a tax increase to the wealthiest, Boehner saying that will never happen. You blame one side and forget there are 2 sides to it.

I personally think Boehner is wrong, but he'll make sure guys like Romney will ever have to pay the same % of tax as a working person even if the country has to go over the cliff.