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Susan Collins: “What do economists believe is a level of debt as measured by a percentage of GDP that is acceptable versus worrisome?”

On the recordDecember 16, 2009
What do economists believe is a level of debt as measured by a percentage of GDP that is acceptable versus worrisome?
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

Editor's note · Context

Collins questions the acceptable level of public debt relative to GDP.

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