# Anybody else see the U.S. credit rating drop?

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**Created:** [August 5, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anybody-else-see-the-u-s-credit-rating-drop/259802 "2011-08-05T19:12:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 5:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anybody-else-see-the-u-s-credit-rating-drop/259802/94 "2011-08-10T05:10:12Z")

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> [@Quaker Steak and Lube](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/quaker-steak-and-lube/44497/4):
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> You’re not paying the government to pay the rich. You’re paying the government as it’s your duty as an American citizen and (as we all wish would happen) trust the government to make smarter financial decisions as well as paying the required government employees.

Which in the end takes taxes, most of which do not come from the rich, to support private businesses, owned and profited from by the rich. Why is it OK for the government to bail out a failing business? You don’t think another business can take its place to employ those people? You can’t call people “commies” and then say it’s ok for the government to intervene in commerce, denying others a chance to prosper with a straight face. If you can bail out business for the good of the nation, you can tax the rich more for the good of the nation.

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