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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri>From today's Washington Post</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri><FONT color=#000000>"...<FONT face="Times New Roman">the
bipartisan agreement reached this week to find at least $2.1 trillion in
budget savings “fell short” of what was necessary to tame the nation’s debt over
time and predicted that leaders would not be likely to achieve more savings in
the future."</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri>Was it the Tea Party that was fighting
tooth nail in favor of raising the debt limit to an absolute all
time high with no spending reductions what so ever? Was it the Tea party that
would have no part of the cut, cap, and balance plan or the Mack penny plan that
would have put the country on a path to solvency? Can you point to a single
democrat/progressive plan that might have had as a result even a slight
reduction in the countries debt burden? Heck, with two years of total government
control they couldn't even pass a budget.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri>The bond rating agencies want to see
spending and the debt required to perpetuate it brought under control, a goal
that is at the very heart of the "Tea Party stench."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Calibri>g</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title="mailto:thansen@moscow.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 05, 2011 7:13 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A
title="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] CNN Breaking News</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>This downgrading, if adopted by the other two rating firms, has more of an
adverse impact than you suggest, Mr. Arnold.</DIV>
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<DIV>Do you realize that most, if not all, 301Ks are committed to investments
with AAA ratings ONLY?</DIV>
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<DIV>The result could be catastrophic </DIV>
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<DIV>Seeya round town, Moscow.</DIV>
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<DIV>Tom Hansen</DIV>
<DIV>Moscow, Idaho</DIV>
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<DIV>"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to
change <SPAN
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class=Apple-style-span>and the Realist adjusts his sails."</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>- Unknown</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>On Aug 5, 2011, at 18:57, Donovan Arnold <<A
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</A>>
wrote:<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">The good thing about a democracy is you get what you
voted for. And the bad thing about democracy is you get what you voted for.
Unfortunately, it is going to take much more than a downgrade of AAA to AA+
from S&P to make the American people respond to this economic crisis. I
heard on NPR today that only 58% of the adult <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION
w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">US</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION> population
is employed. Scary! </DIV>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Tom Hansen <<A
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</A>><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Moscow Vision 2020 <<A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, August 5, 2011 7:17
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Vision2020] CNN
Breaking News<BR></FONT><BR>Read on, V-Peeps.<BR><BR>More "good" news to pass
on to the Tea Party stench, the cause behind this<BR>downgrade.<BR><BR><A
href="http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/05/news/economy/downgrade_rumors/index.htm"
target=_blank><A
href="http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/05/news/economy/downgrade_rumors/index.htm">http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/05/news/economy/downgrade_rumors/index.htm</A></A><BR><BR>The
downfall of the market this week may foreshadow things to come.<BR><BR>Seeya
round town, Moscow.<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR>Moscow, Idaho<BR><BR>"Believe we're
gliding down the highway<BR>When in fact we're slip slidin' away."<BR><BR>-
Paul Simon<BR><BR><BR>---------------------------- Original Message
----------------------------<BR>Subject: CNN Breaking News<BR>From:
"CNN Breaking News" <<A href="mailto:BreakingNews@mail.cnn.com"
ymailto="mailto:BreakingNews@mail.cnn.com"><A
href="mailto:BreakingNews@mail.cnn.com">BreakingNews@mail.cnn.com</A></A>><BR>Date:
Fri, August 5, 2011 5:31 pm<BR>To: <A
href="mailto:textbreakingnews@EMA3LSV06.TURNER.COM"
ymailto="mailto:textbreakingnews@EMA3LSV06.TURNER.COM"><A
href="mailto:textbreakingnews@EMA3LSV06.TURNER.COM">textbreakingnews@EMA3LSV06.TURNER.COM</A></A><BR>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR><BR>Rating
agency Standard & Poor's says it has downgraded the U.S. credit<BR>rating
to AA+ from its top rank of AAA.<BR><BR>Rating agencies analyze risk and give
debt a "grade" that reflects the<BR>borrower's ability to pay the underlying
loans.<BR><BR>The safest bets are stamped AAA. That's where U.S. debt stood
for
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