S&P's primary worry is that the U.S. may not summon up the political will to pay its debts.
Interesting way of looking at it.
I don't want to pay them. Do you want to pay them (with your own money)? If a lot of people don't want to be the ones paying, then you end up with political resistance to paying.
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