Copyrighted Image? DMCA | Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner ripped Standard & Poor's two days after the ratings agency downgraded US debt, saying the stunning move was based on a "lack of knowledge" about the nation's finances. "I think if we've learned anything these last few months it's it's time to put the economy ahead of politics. Again, these are challenges facing the country of the United States, not facing one party or the other. We both have some responsibility for coming together to dig our way out of this stuff." |