not individuals so much. i don t think it s going to happen to your mortgage rate or car loan rate but 7,000 cities and towns across america depend upon uncle sam to have a triple a rating. if it gets downgraded, they suffer. big deal. what about you mentioned, you know, real estate, all that. but what about our 401k s? well, today, you are likely to see your 401k go down in value because of all this uncertainty about a downgrade. we re looking at the market, the stock market likely to be showing a heavy loss at the opening bell just as it has done in recent days. one of the co-chairs of the deficit commission came forward and said $2 trillion means nothing. you have to double it. i understand that. but it wasn t if the president had his way, there wouldn t be a debate about this. this is something that would be voted on. the debt ceiling raised if it wasn t for this big clash. have they been making such a big emphasis on it? i don t think they would. i don t think the rating
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