Political Factoid
The S&P downgrade of
the the U.S. credit rating
explicitly cited the
dysfunctionality of Congress,
specifically, the "Political
Brinkmanship Of Raising
The U.S. Debt Ceiling"
... including the refusal of
the Republicans to pursue
additional revenue and to
make sufficient spending
cuts.
cf.
2741
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