Shi ,,The Tea oart saved America..Raisng taxes KILLS economies..It takes money earned from the private economy which produces stuff and gives it to the government which produces nothing and wastes it. Obama bankrupted the economy, The keynesians threw everything they had and it failed.THEY borrowed trillions to give to will street as quantative easing..ECONOMY DIDN.T improve, job losses increased but wall street got richer. The Tea Party demanded that Government act responsibly..Don't spend more that you take in, end corruption, shrink government lower taxes so people can keep more of the money they earn in other words stop the madness and live within your means..50 percent of Americans pay no taxes..Obama and his looney left associates borrowed 5 trillion dollars in 2.5 years and there's no improvement..The U.S rating would have been lowered either way..Moody dropped the rating because this deal for the debt ceiling was no good..The government has shown all it wants do to is keep borrowing and spending..Obama was the one who caused the rating idrop period,,he insisted on tax increases when the majority of Americans ( the ones that actually pay taxes that is) were against them. he's adding 8 trillion in debt in the next 10 years..That's why the rating was dropped.