US Credit Rating Downgraded To AA+

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Originally Posted by 12thMan

FRPLG, I didn't say the credit rating wasn't important. A credit rating agency, in my opinion, should issue downgrades or upgrades based on economic data; The models and metrics they've been using since the company was founded. Not politics. If you think I believe that the credit rating is somehow trivial, then I don't know what else to tell you.

Daseal, your post summed up exactly what my post said, except the part about the S&P. I maintain, they are a credit rating agency that issues ratings which forecast the credit worthiness of America's sovereign debt and it's ability to service said debt. Period. That's it. They have no business, whatsoever, making one mention of either party by name. I don't care if the White House is set on fire by the Tea Party tomorrow, S&P should stay the f*ck out of our political discussion and shouldn't issue debt forecasts based on the politics of the moment.

But if you want to take their downgrade for what it said, fine. I'm curious about where you stand on them calling for a raise of revenues three separate times; a position that one party was more than willing to accept as a part of an overall package, but there were no suitors on the other side of the aisle. They've pretty much said until revenues are a part of the mix, among other things, they stand by their downgrade.

What's more interesting is that market tanked another 600 points today, but treasuries held their own as investors fled for stability. That tells us two things: The market doesn't see inflation around the corner and it believes, contrary to the downgrade, that treasuries and bonds are a safe haven for investors for the immediate future.

With so much uncertainty, investors were leaving little to chance. Despite the downgrade of U.S. debt, Treasury prices rose, pushing yields lower, as investors fled into the relative safety of government-backed debt.

The yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury fell to 2.34% from 2.56% late Friday.

"The Treasury market seems to be oblivious to the fact the U.S.' credit rating was downgraded," said Quincy Krosby, market strategist with Prudential Financial.

News alert...it doesn't matter how you THINK they should make the decisions. Your post was dismissive of the event. In the world of reality they made a downgrade and it f*cking matters. Whether it SHOULD matter isn't the point and whether they made the decision correctly isn't the point either.

As to the drum beat about compromise I keep hearing and specifically about things such as the debt ceiling being raised for eons without issue. The old saying about the definition of insanity being doing the same thing over and over comes to mind. The tea party group believes we need to stop spending money we don't have. They believe 100% that spending has to be curtailed in a major way. THEY DON'T WANT TO COMPROMISE ON IT. IT'S THE IMPORTANT THING TO THEM They took a stand. The debt celing represented the same old same old on spending. Now whether they are right about how to fix this is up to debate. That's what everyone, including our illustrious donkey of a President, should be figuring out together. How to fix this mess instead of winning political battles for our party and contributors.

But everyone needs to realize asking that the tea party members to compromise on the ONE SINGLE THING THEY CARE ABOUT is somewhat ludicrous. To them, choosing between not spending and a debt default (the occurrence of which was debatable anyways) is like choosing between a sh*t sandwich on rye and a sh*t sandwich on wheat.

These people got elected with a singular message and deserve a voice. They have enough representation to matter. Both Reps and Dems need to face that fact and deal with it.

Or we could keep listening to the all the politicians who keep calling the tea party crazy even though its all the same politicians who got us in this mess in the first place. Who are the crazy ones?