Rating agency Fitch on Tuesday downgraded the U.S. government's top credit rating citing fiscal deterioration over the next three years, a move that drew an angry response from the White House
Way to go Senile Biden !!!
"In Fitch's view, there has been a steady deterioration in standards of governance over the last 20 years, including on fiscal and debt matters," the ratings agency said Tuesday. "The repeated debt-limit political standoffs and last-minute resolutions have eroded confidence in fiscal management."There's bipartisan blame across multiple administrations here. Multiple iterations of Congress. The over-politicization and gamesmanship of the debt-limit. A budgeting process that's been long broken. Much more.
The ratings agency also cited the U.S.' "complex budgeting process" and its lack of a medium-term financial planning, relative to its peers, in explaining the downgrade to AA+, from the U.S.' previous AAA level. These factors, combined with the fiscal shocks from the pandemic, new spending and tax cuts, have brought the debt to 113% of the national economic output, well above pre-pandemic levels.
"In Fitch's view, there has been a steady deterioration in standards of governance over the last 20 years, including on fiscal and debt matters," the ratings agency said Tuesday. "The repeated debt-limit political standoffs and last-minute resolutions have eroded confidence in fiscal management."You can try to obfuscate all you want. The fact is Fitch did not downgrade the US rating until 3 years into Senile Biden's term citing fiscal deterioration over the next three years
The ratings agency also cited the U.S.' "complex budgeting process" and its lack of a medium-term financial planning, relative to its peers, in explaining the downgrade to AA+, from the U.S.' previous AAA level. These factors, combined with the fiscal shocks from the pandemic, new spending and tax cuts, have brought the debt to 113% of the national economic output, well above pre-pandemic levels.
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