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Sam Brownback: The publicly held national debt will nearly double from 40 percent of GDP in 2008 to 75 percent of GDP in 2018.

On the recordFebruary 22, 2010
The publicly held national debt will nearly double from 40 percent of GDP in 2008 to 75 percent of GDP in 2018.
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Sam Brownback
Republican · Kansas

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Brownback highlights alarming projections of national debt growth.

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