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Posted on 10/09/2013 1:42:44 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat
Edited on 10/09/2013 1:43:50 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
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(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
(Dear Mods -Trying to post again - I've got the right title posted directly from the blog: no attempt to play with it, it's Washington Post blog, excerpted, Drudge has it as red highlighted hence front page news, I cut and pasted the url. If there is anything else, please let me know)
I’ve got the issue...it’s the 11:46 entry, you have to scroll down the blog. Drudge has it so it goes directly to that entry but if you cut and paste the link it goes to the top of the blog. I don’t know how else to post it. Sorry.
Related:
“A major credit rater expects the Treasury Department would avoid default if the $16.7 trillion debt limit were not raised.
In a document dated Oct. 7, Moody’s Investors Service said it believes that if the borrowing cap were not increased, the government would prioritize making interest and principal payments on its outstanding debt above other government bills, even though the Treasury Department has repeatedly called prioritization plans unworkable.
“We believe the government would continue to pay interest and principal on its debt, even in the event that the debt limit is not raised, leaving its creditworthiness intact,” the rater said.”
I saw this as well. Although it’s a blog, this really is breaking news, and of some importance. I suggest that it be added to the Breaking News sidebar.
When posting from a running "blog" like this type, click on the headline of the portion you wish to post. The url that appears in your bar should be accurate, then. That way, you can excerpt, and FReepers can click the link for more without scrolling all over the place.
You mean...the president and his party wasn’t telling us the truth? I’m shocked I tell you, shocked. /sarc
Are there other, more impartial sources that are also saying the same thing Moody’s is?
Either the default situation is a serious issue or it is not. If it is, we should not be telling the public that having the shutdown continue through it is trivial. It needs to be addressed and dealt with properly.
Are there impartial observers saying the same thing Moody’s is saying?
the only other semi-impartial sources i have seen are various articles on forbes, bloomberg and the like with CEO’s of varying political stripes saying even a prioritized default would be devastating. I’m not saying it’s true. But i will say I’m sure as HELL not going to trust moody’s.
The government has to cut 20% across the board In SPENDING if the debt limit is not raised. A defecto balanced budget. No more credit please.
Well if that is true, than the House GOP simply cannot keep this going past the Oct 17 deadline. Because they will not be capable of convincing the public that the White House and the Senate is to blame for this. So it depends on whether or not those CEOs are being truthful in saying a default would happen and it would be devastating. If they are right, then the House GOP has until the Oct 17 deadline and that’s it
not really. OCT 17 is not set in stone. most agree that is not the real day that it will run out, and probably closer to later OCT. Also if you are a large CEO you always air on the side of caution. No one really knows what effect it will have. heard some people today talking about dropping the USD as world reserve currency, however they were unable to come up with a replacement, as the Euro has it’s own problems, and China has pegged the value of their currency to ours...
Also, to be fair, others have made at least good faith efforts in trying to refute some of the hysteria:
http://metatalkingpoints.blogspot.com/2013/10/refuting-debt-ceiling-hysteria.html
and an older link from Forbes that discusses the same issues that are being debated now: http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2012/02/27/debunking-myths-about-debt-default-and-interest-rates/
But I do agree that more reliable information on this is always better. The statist leftists can get away with delusions, distortions and only using convenient facts. We can’t, and there comes a time when we simply have to buck up and deal with this.
Another one from Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/richardfinger/2013/10/04/the-u-s-debt-ceiling-fallacy-agreement-or-not-there-will-be-no-default/
though this author may indeed be underestimating just how hellbent the White House is on milking this for all its worth, but this piece is still worth a look anyways.
all good articles. The one thing i notice they don’t include is that after we pay the constituionally required debts, we are essentially handing over the choice of what to spend on to the president. I’m going to have to jump threads and apollogize to colt.
That is true, but that has been a severe problem form the beginning. The House GOP as it stands has, unfortunately, always been limited, by our built in balance of powers system if nothing else, in controlling what, exactly, Obama spends the money on. Conservatives must win a majority in the Senate and the House for any chance of this to change in the near future.
Another reason why I am hoping that if the hysteria over the debt default really is just hysteria, that it can somehow be shown to the public. At the moment, this is a PR battle and conservatives have to win more PR battles or there will always be distinct limits to what they can do on a federal scale.
“Default” would be another unilateral Spite House action, like closing the WWII monument, NOT anything that followed organically from the debt limit thing.
“The one thing i notice they don’t include is that after we pay the constituionally required debts, we are essentially handing over the choice of what to spend on to the president.”
Exactly. That’s the bad news. The good news is you’ve trimmed the possible expenditures by at least 20%.
S&P is far more honest and credible than Moody’s.
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