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Fitch puts U.S. credit rating on downgrade watch over debt fight
Los Angeles Times ^ | October 15, 2013 | By Jim Puzzanghera

Posted on 10/15/2013 2:55:33 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Fitch Ratings on Tuesday put the U.S. AAA credit rating on watch for a potential downgrade because of the standoff over raising the nation's debt limit.

The company said it still believed the debt limit would be raised soon, but the "political brinkmanship" was risking a default.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: debt; tyranny
I guess $17 trillion debt and $85 billion per month in Fed printing isn't enough to feed the beast.
1 posted on 10/15/2013 2:55:33 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Fitch, this is Harry. Pull the trigger.”


2 posted on 10/15/2013 2:59:21 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
nonssense - we are paying our bills and the amount of money coming into the treasurer is sufficient to pay the bills.

It does not include enuf to pay for increased spending and Obamacare.

3 posted on 10/15/2013 2:59:56 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Imagine the credit rating a bank would give a guy with huge debts, ongoing deficit spending and a future of unfunded huge liabilities that already dwarf his recorded debt.


4 posted on 10/15/2013 3:03:02 PM PDT by allendale
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Actually, Fitch is right but for the wrong reasons - they just hate to state the real reasons. Not politically correct.

The problem is that the Democrats want to keep spending without regard to the debt. That is what is causing the credit problems. Of course the Democrats and Media will spin it there way - it is all because of the current budget impasse.


5 posted on 10/15/2013 3:03:41 PM PDT by Deagle (m)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This (downgrade) was forced at the threat of criminal prosecution for mortgage-related misrating fraud by Fitch. Dems calling in favors....under threat.


6 posted on 10/15/2013 3:04:57 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (At no time was the Obama administration aware of what the Obama administration was doing)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Who is fitch,and why should I care?


7 posted on 10/15/2013 3:07:25 PM PDT by mdittmar
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If they are thinking of a rating downgrade based on not raising the debt limit, think of the REALLY BIG Downgrade that would be in order by raising it, and allowing DC to go into hock even more than it is, increasing the $16 T debt.


8 posted on 10/15/2013 3:29:13 PM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: mdittmar

Abercrombie’s boyfriend.


9 posted on 10/15/2013 3:34:32 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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Harry Reid knew this was coming how? On the same day Obama was pressuring CEOs to put pressure on the Republicans.


10 posted on 10/15/2013 3:39:20 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (If global warming exists I hope it is strong enough to reverse the Big Government snowball)
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Okay. They are thinking of downgradng the credit rating due to the shutdown, but spending trillions of dollars and going into debt seems to have no effect.

Can someone explain that to me???


11 posted on 10/15/2013 3:57:11 PM PDT by rlmorel ("A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral." A. Hamilton)
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More of the left’s minions doing their required boot licking/sound bite provisions. That’s who Fitch is.


12 posted on 10/15/2013 3:59:38 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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