# Stop coddling the rich

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**Created:** [August 15, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stop-coddling-the-rich/259979 "2011-08-15T15:57:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Upstate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b3f665/32.png) [@Upstate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Upstate)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stop-coddling-the-rich/259979/54 "2011-08-18T07:11:26Z")

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> [@FS: 2005 Ninja 250 $2200](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-2005-ninja-250-2200/44685/11):
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> The guys couldn’t even get the debt ceiling raised as it was done many times before them and they mess up our credit rating.
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> Approval rating for congress is in the teens.

The debt ceiling was raised. It wasn’t the perfect plan, but it was a compromise that got the job done. The credit rating drop wasn’t because of the lack of a plan to raise the debt ceiling, it was because of worries over political instability and whetehr or not the two sides would be able to work with one another in the future.

Congressional approval ratings are ALWAYS low, this is not new. People hate congress, but they love their individual member. That’s why we have a 90+% return rate on reelections.

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