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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 07:59 PM Original message |
All For Nothing - America loses AAA credit rating |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. We are fucked. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yes, we are. |
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Meeker Morgan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. The US is Enron now. n/t |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Maybe not Enron, but... |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. Just the fact that they purposfuly caused this Crisis caused the downgrade - Fucking Republicans |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well I've only got a couple of credit cards |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. psyops. the people who own the ratings agencies are the same folks bribing our |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. The S&P is demanding 'entitlement containment' not just revenue. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Well, that's just too bad for them... |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. And there are a lot of Americans |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. What do we have to do and for how long to get the AAA rating back? |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Not sure what to do, but the process could take years |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Pay our bills, force the banks to get honest about their insolvency, |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. they won't be happy till it all comes crashing down. |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. Well, to be absolutely accurate, |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not quite. One agency's slight down grade doesn't mean |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:24 PM Original message |
Only 1 in 3 of the agencies though.. and a 2 trillion dollar math error (they are morans) nt |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. NOW do you see why prosecuting S&P + the corrupt ratings agencies was so important, Mr. President? |
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