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Obama to Banks: We're Not Defaulting
Fox Business ^ | July 25, 2011

Posted on 07/25/2011 1:19:49 PM PDT by Hunton Peck

While officials from the Obama Administration raised their rhetoric over the weekend about the possibility of a debt default if the debt ceiling isn't raised, they privately have been telling top executives at major U.S. banks that such an event won’t happen, FOX Business has learned.

In a series of phone calls, administration officials have told bankers that the administration will not allow a default to happen even if the debt cap isn't raised by the August 2 date Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says the government will run out of money to pay all its bills, including obligations to bond holders. Geithner made the rounds on the Sunday talk shows saying a default is imminent if the debt ceiling isn't raised, and President Obama issued a similar warning during a Friday press conference after budget negotiations with House Republicans broke down.

While the negotiations to craft a budget remain at an impasse, Republicans and Democrats on Monday began crafting their own plans to cut spending that could lead to an agreement to raise the debt ceiling. It's unclear if a broad agreement can be reached any time soon, but even if a deal is struck, a complicating issue for lawmakers and the administration is the possibility of a downgrade to the US debt rating, which would cut the triple-A rating on the nation's debt to a lower level.

Major ratings firms -- namely Standard & Poor's and Moody's -- have said even if the country raises the debt ceiling and doesn't default, there's a strong likelihood that the triple-A bond rating will be cut to double-A unless a budget can be crafted that results in $4 trillion in savings, the result of the massive debt load the country has accumulated in recent years.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banks; budget; debtcrisis; obama

1 posted on 07/25/2011 1:19:56 PM PDT by Hunton Peck
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To: Hunton Peck

The corrupt Marxist Democrat bastards have been lying to the public all along!! Throw the bums OUT!!


2 posted on 07/25/2011 1:25:00 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Impeach the corrupt Marxist bastard!!)
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To: Hunton Peck

“We’re Not Defaulting”

Whaddya got there, Barry—a mouse?

You can’t keep that mouse, it’s dead.
It ain’t fresh, Barry.

Can I have ketchup on my beans, Moose?
I likes ketchup on my beans!


3 posted on 07/25/2011 1:26:23 PM PDT by tumblindice ("I want to make sure the American people aren't hurt." President 0 to La Raza)
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To: Hunton Peck
In other words, this is a phony crisis ginned up by an Administration that's so inept it can't even keep its stories straight.
4 posted on 07/25/2011 1:29:40 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: Jim Robinson

Mega dittos!!

I think it’s seriously time to impeach the marxist mole prez as well!


5 posted on 07/25/2011 1:31:38 PM PDT by penelopesire (Let The Congressional Hearings Begin!)
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To: ArmstedFragg

That could just about be IT


6 posted on 07/25/2011 1:33:14 PM PDT by SMARTY (A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.)
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To: Hunton Peck
Well, well, well...
7 posted on 07/25/2011 1:36:38 PM PDT by danielmryan
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To: Hunton Peck
Barack ‘Blinky’ Obama
8 posted on 07/25/2011 1:40:17 PM PDT by JPG (Palin '12)
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To: Jim Robinson

Major ratings firms — namely Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s — have said even if the country raises the debt ceiling and doesn’t default, there’s a strong likelihood that the triple-A bond rating will be cut to double-A unless a budget can be crafted that results in $4 trillion in savings, the result of the massive debt load the country has accumulated in recent years.

So the deal they are crafting, which does exactly what this snippet says...means our bond rating will be cut.

Raising the debt ceiling
Cuts of significantly less than 4 trillion


9 posted on 07/25/2011 1:43:50 PM PDT by EBH ( Whether you eat your bread or see it vanish into a looter's stomach, is an absolute.)
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10 posted on 07/25/2011 1:45:20 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
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To: Jim Robinson
The corrupt Marxist Democrat bastards have been lying to the public all along!! Throw the bums OUT!!

This is one story that should have legs. Bluffing and talking down the economy has nothing over this. To be bluffing and talking down the financial credibility of the United States should be considered TREASON.

11 posted on 07/25/2011 1:46:06 PM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: Hunton Peck
The government takes in roughly $200 billion per month in withholding and payroll taxes. Of that, roughly $23 billion would be required to service the debt, and another $29 billion to send out social security checks. The President of the United States threatened to withhold both.

It's probably not treason, but he was threatening to do deliberate harm to the credit rating of the country, and send it into chaos, over his desire to further indebt the country.

Now we see that he was lying all along.

This is the story that has the dual qualities of being a)simple, and b) utterly revealing of someone who doesn't possess the character to be President.

12 posted on 07/25/2011 2:34:15 PM PDT by wayoverontheright
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To: wayoverontheright

Oh, and Martha Stewart was sent to jail for a far lesser offense.


13 posted on 07/25/2011 2:36:14 PM PDT by wayoverontheright
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To: Hunton Peck

Hey Barry, you wanted to be King of America; so now you own the debt and destruction.


14 posted on 07/25/2011 3:59:07 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Hunton Peck

Bluffers.


15 posted on 07/25/2011 4:39:03 PM PDT by SueRae (I can see November 2012 from my HOUSE!!!!!!!!)
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To: Hunton Peck

Dear Comrade Jackwagon Obama,

“Revenue” does not mean printing more checks for your rubber ACORN checkbook.

Idiot.

Sincerely,
=LomanBill


16 posted on 07/25/2011 8:52:04 PM PDT by LomanBill (Animals! The DemocRats blew up the windmill with an Acorn!)
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To: tsowellfan
This is one story that should have legs.

It should. Has any other news agency/ media outfit picked up on it?

17 posted on 07/26/2011 7:37:04 PM PDT by Mad Dawg (Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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