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David Walker: “If we do not do anything, it is going to go up to 40 percent-plus of GDP by 2040.”

On the recordDecember 16, 2009
If we do not do anything, it is going to go up to 40 percent-plus of GDP by 2040.
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David Walker
Kentucky

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Walker warns of rising federal taxation if current policies continue.

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