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RIJIMMY Wow, talk about corrupt 08-23-2011, 08:55 AM

The Dad Fisherman Give it time...... 08-23-2011, 09:10 AM

JohnnyD You do know that the S&P is a... 08-23-2011, 09:34 AM

buckman And when the rating goes up... 08-23-2011, 12:36 PM

JohnnyD What are you even talking... 08-23-2011, 12:46 PM

buckman :soon: 08-23-2011, 05:54 PM

RIJIMMY Your kidding, right? so a... 08-23-2011, 01:09 PM

scottw that, and Justice Department... 08-23-2011, 01:18 PM

JohnnyD Citibank received $300B in... 08-23-2011, 02:26 PM

spence That...and I believe S&P was... 08-23-2011, 02:33 PM

scottw let's see, what seems more... 08-23-2011, 02:52 PM

PaulS Did you believe in the... 08-24-2011, 10:02 AM

RIJIMMY i think they were given... 08-24-2011, 10:30 AM

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08-23-2011, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnnyD

Citibank received $300B in 2008. Again, it was received under Bush, so no, I'm not kidding.
U.S. Agrees to Rescue Struggling Citigroup - WSJ.com

That...and I believe S&P was already under investigation for ratings abuse on mortgage backed securities. Quite likely their president wouldn't have lasted long anyway.

As for picking a replacement that had received bailout money...didn't most of them?

The conspiracy theorists would say the downgrade was retrobution for the investigations.

-spence

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