I'm unemployed cheap vegatone Despite what anyone may say, we are going to be going down the budget impasse road yet again sometime soon. That not only increases the risk of default, it raises and extends the pause in consumption and investment the budget morass has already caused. All of this makes it possible that Fitch Ratings, which put the U.S. on ratings watch for a possible downgrade of its AAA-rating, will actually pull the trigger.