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Re:United States loses AAA credit rating from S&P by winestock on Friday August 05, 2011 @09:11PM (#2852522)
Old joke: If you owe the bank a thousand dollars and you can't pay it back, then you have a problem. If you owe the bank a billion dollars and you can't pay it back, then the bank has a problem.
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Re:United States loses AAA credit rating from S&P by pyoung on Friday August 05, 2011 @09:45PM (#2852608)
I think the original joke was a million dollars not a billion dollars, but I guess with inflation...
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