Credit Downgrade

Be Wary: This is one crisis that will NOT go to waste

- Billie J. Tucker
Saturday, August 6, 2011

Before we talk about the historic credit rating down grade – let us stop for a moment and pray for the American soldiers who lost their lives last night in Afghanistan. There are hundreds of thousands of families waiting today to hear if their son, daughter, wife, husband, mother or father were among the casualties. When and if they receive a knock on their door, we pray for peace that passes all understanding as they hear the news that will change their lives forever.

Every American’s life will be changing too due to the news we received late last night. When America’s credit downgrade occurred, a text message alert appeared on my phone. My first thought was this: Obama will not let this crisis go to waste. This is not good in many ways.

Some will say Obama will suffer for this downgrade and this will cost him his Presidency. Maybe I’ve become cynical but my fear is what this Administration and the Super Committee in Congress will do now. We are already VERY concerned about this un-Constitutional Committee and the power it will hold over our lives. A handful of people will now declare the cuts that need to be made regarding our spending. What we think needs to be cut and what they think needs to be cut are vastly different.

My brother-in-law is a former editor of the Washington Times. He retired and was writing a column for our tea party titled “Washington Speaks.â€