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To: Alighieri who wrote (623530)	8/8/2011 7:04:07 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578452

You're still making shit up. Their core issue was the uncontrollable growth in government. Sure, you can avoid default and keep a AAA rating by raising taxes, but then you'll just cement big government's ever-expanding role in our lives. He has no idea what is really going on in the real world when he sits in his ivory tower cubicle. Debt-Ceiling Fallout: States to Take Another Hit See full article from DailyFinance: http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/08/04/debt-ceiling-fallout-states-to-take-another-hit/?icid=sphere_copyright

To: Alighieri who wrote (623530)	8/8/2011 7:06:25 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578452

Al, > I think you must have been on a different planet while this was going on... I think you're on a different planet now. The issue is the S&P downgrade, not how some Tea Partiers talked about how we could have managed through a default. But let's assume for the moment that this country is indeed being held "hostage" by a bunch of extremists naming themselves after an event that took place in colonial Boston. Tell us how you would deal with it, if you were in Obama's shoes. Just whine and point fingers, or do whatever it takes to reconcile both sides in Congress and still preserve the S&P AAA rating, even if it costs you politically? Tenchusatsu