U.S. Financial Rating

[runewell]

weissratings.com/news/articles/weiss-sovereign-debt-ratings/3.aspx

We believe that the AAA/Aaa assigned to U.S. sovereign debt by Standard & Poor’s (S&P), Moody’s and Fitch is unfair to investors and savers, who are undercompensated for the risks they are taking. An honest rating for U.S. government debt is urgently needed to help protect investors and support the collective sacrifices the U.S. must make in order to restore its finances.

In the Weiss ratings scale, ranging from A (excellent) to E (very weak), only sovereign countries with stellar scores in four major areas — debt burdens, international stability, economic health and market acceptance — merit a grade of A- or better. Meanwhile, on the low end of the scale, only countries that demonstrate severe and/or consistent weaknesses in those four areas receive a grade of D+ or lower. Currently, the data show that the U.S. government does not fall into either category: It ranks 44th in terms of its debt burden, primarily because of its large deficits; 32nd for international stability, due mostly to low reserves; and 27th for economic health because of recent boom-and-bust cycles. Helping to partially offset these low scores, however, the United States ranks 6th for its ability to borrow in the global marketplace, helping to raise its final grade to C and its overall ranking to 33rd.

[Savoir Faire-Demogague in NJ]

Well the US has a much more dynamic economy and a much wider diverse population than any other country in the world. We also have much freer and open markets.

Being the world's leader we have assumed a much more higher level of responsibility then the entire world combined.

[Sum Dum Gai]

I'd actually lean more towards agreeing with Weiss than the other agencies. I honestly don't think the US is positioned all that well to compete in the future.