As most of you don't know Egan Jones a credit rating agency downgraded US debt to AA from AA+. I think they did this yesterday. It wasn't really widely reported for reasons that will become clear in a minute. Here is how Faux Noise reported it... Quote: [TABLE] [TR] [TD="class: alt2"] [HR][/HR] Originally Posted by Faux Noise Credit rating agency Egan Jones downgraded the United States Thursday on concern over the sustainability of public debt. Egan Jones is one of the most important ratings firms in the world; [HR][/HR] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Linky. Wow. Sounds serious. It is actually tough to find other media outlets that are giving this huge story any ink. Let's check a foreign source. Let's try Asia. They are just waking up. It must be HUGE over there. Quote: [TABLE] [TR] [TD="class: alt2"] [HR][/HR] Originally Posted by biz.thestar.com.my Small agency downgrades US credit rating for second time [HR][/HR] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Linky. Wow. Malaysia of all places is in on the mainstream media conspiracy. LOL Fox. Only happy if America is doing poorly. Thread started at Forum 4 Politics on 04-08-2012 12:28 AM
