Break the issues down as simply and directly as possible, and finish with a message of hope.
In the secondary market for Treasury bonds, prices of short-term governments were up 3/32point, while intermediate issues and long-term issues were down as much as 7/32 point, according to the investment firm of Salomon Bros.
But the greatest likelihood is that the fiscal cliff isn't going to be resolved soon at all —the betting line of the political cognoscenti is that no matter who wins, Congress will find a way to kick the issue down the road, perhaps as far as the fall of 2013, providing a new cloud of uncertainty over the economy.
"The fact that these stories still surface routinely is probably a good indication that this issue hasn't died down as much as anticipated," he said.
If you only have feelings or hunches about some of the issues, just write those down as well.
What he sees as the bigger issue down the road will be how businesses can protect all IP-connected assets beyond that.
A well-trained, well-educated attorney will help handle any current legal issues and may be able to predict issues down the road, as well.
In the end, the whole issue boils down, as it should, to what people like to eat.
Some Republican advisers have privately acknowledged that they would just as soon see the issue die down as the president heads into his convention.
The issue boils down, as Citicorp suggests, Citicorp Brief at 58, to almost "a tautology". In effect, to authorize the provision of banking, financial and economic data processing is to authorize the provision of banking, financial and economic hardware and software.
