Saturday, August 6, 2011

Why S&P’s Downgrade is No Joke - Edmund L. Andrews - NationalJournal.com

Why S&P’s Downgrade is No Joke: "The real impact of S&P’s downgrade is political, not economic.

It’s tempting to dismiss Standard & Poor’s downgrade of U.S. long-term Treasury bonds as no big deal in the real world. It’s also tempting to describe it as a broad criticism of the whole political system, a pox-on-both-your-houses curse at the intransigence of both Republicans and Democrats.

Both of those conclusions would be mistakes..."

2 comments:

MotivatedinOhio said...

It isn't a joke.  This is serious.  This is terrible.

Underground Politics said...

It really is. I don't want a dysfunctional government. People should start calling the white house and congressional offices again until the servers crash and voicemail inboxes are full. Emailing is also good.