For more, see the Wisconsin Budget Project blog. One of the biggest components of the fiscal cliff is the year-end expiration of the Bush income tax cuts. In theory, an agreement to extend the Bush income tax cuts for middle-class families should be the easiest part of the fiscal cliff

Wisconsinites have a lot at stake in the negotiations about the fiscal cliff. Depending on how the negotiations around the fiscal cliff are resolved, the amount of federal taxes Wisconsin families pay in 2013 could change dramatically, some jobless workers could experience an abrupt end to their unemployment benefits, and