A California congressman is convinced the recently struck “fiscal cliff” deal will only help lawmakers procrastinate in dealing with America’s deep-seeded fiscal problems. Tom McClintock, R-Elk Grove, said the recent deal, while protecting individuals making less than $400,000 from onerous tax hikes, brought the nation as a whole closer to the verge of bankruptcy. “We’ve heard so much about the January fiscal cliff that I’m afraid we’ve lost sight of the real fiscal cliff just a few years ahead of us: the approaching bankruptcy of our nation,” McClintock said in a prepared statement to The Union. “Sadly, Congress began the …