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PROFLIGATE BORROWING AND SPENDING puts America?s AAA credit rating at risk. ?That warning from Mood?

By Glenn Reynolds

PROFLIGATE BORROWING AND SPENDING puts America’s AAA credit rating at risk. “That warning from Moody?s focused on the exploding healthcare and Social Security costs that threaten to engulf the federal government in debt over coming decades. The facts show we?re in even worse shape now, and there are signs that confidence in America?s ability to control its finances is eroding. Prices have risen on credit default insurance on US government bonds, meaning it costs investors more to protect their investment in Treasury bonds against default than before the crisis hit. It even, briefly, cost more to buy protection on US government debt than on debt issued by McDonald?s. Another warning sign has come from across the Pacific, where the Chinese premier and the head of the People?s Bank of China have expressed concern about America?s longer-term credit worthiness and the value of the dollar.” (Via NewsAlert).

Meanwhile, here’s a flashback to Democrats in Congress cheering their success in blocking Social Security reform.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on May 13, 2009 (boomark / email).