# What are the odds that Congress manages to screw up the US credit rating again?

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**Created:** [July 29, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-congress-manages-to-screw-up-the-us-credit-rating-again/664808 "2013-07-29T12:46:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-congress-manages-to-screw-up-the-us-credit-rating-again/664808/87 "2013-08-01T19:04:17Z")

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> [@deltasigma](#):
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> Yawn. Like I said. If you can’t provide a cite that show WHY I was wrong asshole, then fuck off. I’m the first one to admit I have no life but even I have better things to do with my time than sit here and respond to idiots like you who can’t even use google to find a simple citation that shows WHY I’m such a fucking moron. I’m if it’s so clear and so simple to prove then JUST FUCKING DO IT and shut the fuck up. M’kay? :smack: 😛

Fuck off, you dolt. I can’t tell whether you’re too ignorant to identify the thread I spoke of, or whether you need a Google or Wikipedia cite that you were wrong. In the latter case, I can only laugh. SDMB will provide more epxertise than the average blog that will show up with Google. On many matters _including the one we argued in the thread_ all that’s needed is basic knowledge and common-sense: to ask for “a cite” in such a case shows much confusion.

But in fact, **Hellestal** posted some cites there to help educate you. You responded:

> [@Stock market questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-market-questions/663257/11):
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> The original question was comparing historical stock market performance not the performance of individual equities and that’s what I was addressing. If I have to actually qualify everything I say because people are too stupid to understand the context, that’s not my problem.

Just to help fight your ignorance further, the question _had the same answer for individual equities as for indexes_. “Too stupid” was the only correct part of that post, but the target was wrong.

But we’re real proud of you for graduating magna cum “lauda.” 😃 If that boast was intended to start a pissing contest, read my post in “Gifted child” thread. BTW, I post on finance despite having no economics training except the Freshman 101 class at one of the best Econ departments in the country. After I got the only A+, the Chairman of the Dept. invited me for a meal and begged me to switch majors to Economics.

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