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How bad would it be if we go off the cliff on Jan. 1?

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The fiscal cliff is really a fiscal curb, but if we go off and stay off the fiscal curb on January 1, we will eventually hit the recession cliff. How soon would that happen? MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell discusses with former Labor Secretary Robert Reich.