S&P Downgrade: Ex-Obama Adviser Christina Romer Says U.S. ‘Pretty Darn F**ked’

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Huffington Post reported on August 6, 2011: Ex-Obama Adviser Christina Romer Says U.S. ‘Pretty Darn F**ked’

On the same night that Standard and Poor’s downgraded the United States’ top-level credit rating for the first time in history, Christina Romer, former chair of Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, didn’t mince words when asked of downgrade’s potential consequences. 

The U.S. is “pretty darn f**ked,” Romer said during a segment on Real Time with Bill Maher called “How F**ked Are We?”, after Maher asked what the new could mean for the U.S. economy. Continue reading