http://twitter.com/#!/ravimoss/status/284793939783979009

Earlier this evening, President Obama introduced us to “ordinary folks” who get things done on deadlines. Our representatives have an opportunity to join that group if they manage to pass an extension to the expired U.S. farm bill by Monday. If they don’t? Government price controls on dairy products revert to a structure implemented in 1949, and milk prices could spike by an estimated $3 a gallon.

Some are calling it the “dairy cliff” or “milk cliff,” and no one’s happy about it.

https://twitter.com/CarrieCantrell/status/284792588245016577

https://twitter.com/dckimpton/status/284792276599840768

https://twitter.com/CassiaSpice/status/284814877346914304

So, milk will cost you $8, and if you’re lucky, you might score a box of stale Twinkies off of eBay for $50. Oh, and your paycheck could be smaller thanks to the expiration of the Bush tax cuts.

https://twitter.com/mjdouble/status/284786545569972224

https://twitter.com/chenoite/status/284482802597126144

https://twitter.com/theshoegazer/status/284452334325612544

https://twitter.com/ROAsscherick/status/284475308088913921

https://twitter.com/carney/status/284768900909002753

https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/284692667093356545

https://twitter.com/jimgeraghty/status/284773555483324416

Legislators are reportedly working out a short-term extension tonight and hope to vote Monday, the last day of the year.

https://twitter.com/KellyO/status/284761849482846208

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/12/28/got-8-milk-americans-ponder-effect-of-price-spike-if-us-goes-over-dairy-cliff/