Written by Ross Greenwood Lesson # 1: Why the U.S. was downgraded: * U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000 * Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000 * New debt: $1,650,000,000,000 * National debt: $14,271,000,000,000 * Recent budget cuts: $38,500,000,000 Let’s now remove 8 zeros and… Read More ›