All posts tagged "U.S. credit downgrade"

  • Opinion
    Nine Steps To Fix The Downgrade

    (Congressman Allen B. West) – As we are all aware, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) recently downgraded the credit rating of the United States. This marks the first time in our nation’s history that our credit rating has been downgraded. For months, the rating agencies have warned that without significant changes to the...

  • Opinion
    Obama Plays “Let’s Make a Debt Deal” as Market Tanks

    (Marita Noon/Townhall.com) – The stock market is to President Obama’s plans what Frank Luntz’s focus group ratings are to political advertisements. B.S. detectors. Following the credit downgrade from Standard and Poor’s, today’s stock market has been all over the map with a drop as high as 600 points. Then the President took...