Fiscal cliff: Three things not to like about the deal

We went over the fiscal cliff, and all we got was a 157-page bill that nobody read. Assuming the House today accepts the bill passed by the Senate, the fiscal cliff will be gone.

Americans will be saved from higher income tax rates and higher milk prices. We'll still see less money in our paychecks, however, because the deal didn't stop payroll taxes from going back up to what they're supposed to be after a two-year holiday.

Kent Hoover, American City Business Journals' Washington bureau chief,…

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