This is the same ratings agency that gave A ratings to Lehman Brothers and other teetering banks right before they crashed and burned in 2008.Second, that S&P would have allowed a country with the debt problems the U.S has ??? a deficit of $1.4 trillion and a debt of $14 trillion (or really more than $200 trillion when all ???entitlements??? are included) ??? to maintain a AAA rating demonstrates