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"Treasuries are close to their highs"..." has advantages and liquidity that rival government bond markets, including Britain's, cannot match".

"The spluttering world economic recovery would be very likely to be undermined and fresh rounds of financial turmoil could come back to haunt us all..."

"The US government has to come to terms with the painful fact that the good old days when it could just borrow its way out of messes of its own making are finally gone," China said in a ["scolding" tables turn on Obama] commentary carried by the Xinhua News Agency.

Vince Cable, the British Business Secretary, said the downgrade was an "entirely predictable consequence of the mess that the Congress created a few weeks ago when they couldn't agree on lifting the debt ceiling."

By calling the outlook "negative" S&P signalled another downgrade is possible in the next 12 to 18 months

In its statement, S&P said that it had changed its view "of the difficulties of bridging the gulf between the political parties" over a credible deficit reduction plan.

S&P said it was now "pessimistic"

Francois Baroin, France's finance minister, said his country had total confidence in the US economy, while India called the "situation was grave" and Russia said it would keep the level of dollar investments in its national reserve funds, adding: "There is not a great difference between AAA and AA+."

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"..the projected future cost of a number of major health care [ObamaCare] and pension [Union] plans including Medicare and Social Security [Entitlement Programs]that has left the country's debt on a path many, including S&P, believe to be unsustainable without further cuts and tax increases [Cut? and Tax].

Gigantic military expenditures [Missing Taxpayer Money? called the "the largest theft of funds in national history."] "2.3 TRillion Dollars" Missing from DOD Defense spending in 2001 own auditors cannot account for money in one year alone. 10 million paychecks per month-

"the diastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist".

1 posted on 08/06/2011 9:42:39 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: fight_truth_decay
Commence the trade war.
2 posted on 08/06/2011 9:45:00 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (We are not tea partiers ... we are good tea partiers. Life-long tea partiers)
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Easier reference for stories above:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rRqeJcuK-A

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14430598

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8685968/China-attacks-US-debt-addiction-after-America-loses-AAA-credit-rating.html

3 posted on 08/06/2011 9:47:34 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: fight_truth_decay

“bloated welfare costs” They got that right!!!


4 posted on 08/06/2011 9:48:32 AM PDT by doc
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To: fight_truth_decay

Can’t really argue with the Chinese on that one.


5 posted on 08/06/2011 9:49:22 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: fight_truth_decay

You know it’s out of control when the Communists think you’ve gone too far!!!


6 posted on 08/06/2011 9:50:09 AM PDT by Tzimisce (Never forget that the American Revolution began when the British tried to disarm the colonists.)
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To: fight_truth_decay

There should be street riots over this.


7 posted on 08/06/2011 9:51:31 AM PDT by oyez ( America is being pimped.)
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To: fight_truth_decay

China is building empty cities and selling dog food tainted with melamine. So the Chinese should remain silent until the Chinese develop some ethics.


8 posted on 08/06/2011 9:51:54 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: fight_truth_decay

“Do I look like Mrs. Obama?” (SNL skit reference)


9 posted on 08/06/2011 9:54:25 AM PDT by pogo101
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To: fight_truth_decay

When the COMMUNISTS are telling you that you’re spending too much on Social Welfare, you KNOW you are really screwed....


11 posted on 08/06/2011 9:56:27 AM PDT by tcrlaf (PREFRONTAL LOBOTOMISTS FOR OBAMA2012!)
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To: fight_truth_decay

The following are the perfect ingredients for a receipe for America’s downfall. It started many years ago when we began exporting manufacturing and jobs overseas. Couple that with out of control government spending, tens of millions of thridworlders invading our country, and a very soft underbelly comprised of an entitlement crowd in excess of 45% of the population.


20 posted on 08/06/2011 10:04:06 AM PDT by doc
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The Standard and Poor's credit rating for the COMMUNIST Chinese Forest Industry is only CCC Negative. This is a KEY industry.
23 posted on 08/06/2011 10:18:55 AM PDT by pyx (Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
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26 posted on 08/06/2011 10:34:39 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: fight_truth_decay

So China has flooded the US with crap products for decades and in return they got...crap treasury bills. Sounds about right.


29 posted on 08/06/2011 11:52:20 AM PDT by Moltke (Always retaliate first.)
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To: fight_truth_decay

If we raise the debt ceiling and nobody will lend us money, what good is it? Someone please answer this for me.


30 posted on 08/06/2011 11:55:02 AM PDT by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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