MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL As President Barack Obama holds talks with Congressional leaders on the fiscal cliff stocks are down across the board. The president is meeting with House Majority Leader John Boehner and others today to iron out a compromise over spending and tax policies to avoid the fiscal cliff. Even if a deal is reached before the end of the year tax rises and spending cuts could have a negative effect on states that rely heavily on grants for social programs and communities where many people work for the military or government contractors. The Wall Street Journal reports that ...