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Daily Show: Downgrade Was Because US Government Doesn't Pay
S&P Any Fees

Daily Show: Downgrade Was Because US Government Doesn't Pay S&P Any Fees

By Ben Popken August 12, 2011

The US government got downgraded by S&P because, unlike corporations, they don’t pay the ratings agency any fees, Columbia law professor John Coffee told The Daily Show. [More]

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