By Warren Rojas

Posted December 13, 2012 at 11:48am

To those still wondering whether the well-heeled are the least bit concerned about the protracted foot-dragging on the fiscal cliff, we say, pshaw:

<a href="https://vimeo.com/55125168">121128 Altus FiscalCliff2</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/eightcommunications">Eight Communications</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>. Granted, these punchy private equity folks — this is but one of several <a href="https://www.altuscapitalpartners.com/seasons-greetings/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">holiday greetings</a> Altus Capital Partners prepared this year — may simply be expressing inordinate faith that President Barack Obama and Speaker John A. Boehner will, in fact, hammer out a bipartisan deal before all hell breaks loose to ring in the new year. Then again, they could have all just gotten the high sign from accounting that their respective nest eggs <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/preparing-for-fiscal-cliff-investors-move-assets-to-avoid-higher-taxes/2012/12/10/748893a4-4088-11e2-bca3-aadc9b7e29c5_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">will be shielded</a> from exposure to any significant tax consequences in 2013.<script id="5e2bd50d2be64735bd9c6970a280aeab">(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9484058d-cb86-4c6b-b476-f5e62bd11798&cid=69ef7590-f88b-4a7b-b1ad-bbee64894f4f'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "9484058d-cb86-4c6b-b476-f5e62bd11798" }).render("5e2bd50d2be64735bd9c6970a280aeab"); });</script> Cheers! </body>