 what options should the house republicans take to avoid the fiscal cliff  demand budget cuts and hold the tax threshold at 1000000 and risk going over the fiscal cliff agree to the presidents demand for additional revenue undecided fiscal cliff why not go over it it would force mandatory cuts no one would be responsible for and then we can get our house in order is there a possibility of a recession maybe but as most economists point out a recession actually begins about six months before we recognize we are in one and is usually over six months before we know it if the fiscal cliff will cause a recession it won t be before aug 2013 plenty of time to shore things up chop chop  