评级机构是高盛（Goldman Sachs）和其他华尔街公司（Wall Street）的付出脂肪费用的，他们对他们评级的每笔交易都宣布了新的债务三重塔的80％。
(The rating agencies, who were paid fat fees by Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street firms for each deal they rated, pronounced 80 percent of the new tower of debt triple-A.)