Letters to the Editor: Aug. 11, 2011

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S&P downgrade was retaliation Standard and Poor’s is right: Our national debt is crushing and the economy is a shambles. However, it’s their motive that I question.

I honestly believe that the downgrade was a tit-for-tat action taken in retaliation for being included in the blame for the economic recession. The folks at S&P demonstrated no more maturity than the U.S. Congress.

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