***BREAKING NEWS*** Possible Credit Downgrade This Afternoon

[All_Time_Girl]

Can't wait to get a real president in office

[Maria_2244]

Where is your downgrade now?

Markets been closed for an hour and NOTHING!.

[littlemunchie]

How is he going to rent his 24" wheels now?

[junglemonkey0097]

Oh Canadaaaaaa...sweet Canadaaaa

[m e l y b]

Maybe.

Guess where the Japan downgrade occurred in this chart.



And for you idiots who actually think that a potential downgrade has anything to do with our debt/deficits, there's this, which sums it up nicely:



Not to mention that the agencies have essentially been wrong/late to the party on everything. They also don't have any insight into the credit quality of the US that investors can't figure out themselves.

It's all politics at the agencies and a desperate attempt to be relevant again after being the major contributor to the '08 financial crises and the run-up to it.

And for some perspective:



Carry on.

[Razieh A]

what country can we invade to aquire more credit rating?

[mandee.totherescue]

link?

[Izzy r]

welp, time to buy guns n ammo

[Meeeeow]

we are to big of pussies to take whats ours after we save people

see iraqs oil for example

[1stmarine]

Elect a black president and now none of us can get credit.