A BILLION HERE, A BILLION THERE – AT 10:06 A.M. ET: 

March 15 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. and the U.K. have moved “substantially” closer to losing their AAA credit ratings as the cost of servicing their debt rose, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

The governments of the two economies must balance bringing down their debt burdens without damaging growth by removing fiscal stimulus too quickly, Pierre Cailleteau, managing director of sovereign risk at Moody’s in London, said in a telephone interview.

Under the ratings company’s so-called baseline scenario, the U.S. will spend more on debt service as a percentage of revenue this year than any other top-rated country except the U.K., and will be the biggest spender from 2011 to 2013, Moody’s said today in a report.

COMMENT:  And what are the Democrats about to do?  Why, they're about to pass, if they can scratch up the votes, a health-care plan that will make our economic situation even worse.

What planning.  What vision.  That Obama, I knew he could do it.

March 15, 2010