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Originally Posted by Daradon
As a slight aside, the downgrade might be the best thing for the US in the long run anyway. Hopefully it encourages the House and the Prez's office to stop playing games and get down to some serious work to help the country before it gets worse.
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That assumes you've got two sides that are willing to work together and compromise. Based on what we've seen from the past few weeks, it's clear that the Tea Party members of Congress are playing an all-or-nothing game and don't care about the consequences to the economy. America's only hope is for Boehner and "moderate" (at least when compared to the radical Tea Party extremists) Republican members of Congress to ignore the lunatic fringe of their party and work with the Democrats to pass bi-partisan legislation that will provide a long-term, sustainable solution to the deficit crisis.
I'm not confident that will actually happen, though.
