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Kent Conrad: It is very dramatic. You can see the trend continuing. Now, when we have a bond auction, about half of the debt is being…

On the recordDecember 19, 2005
It is very dramatic. You can see the trend continuing. Now, when we have a bond auction, about half of the debt is being bought by foreigners.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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We all know that Social Security is going to have to be dealt with, or we are going to face by 2034 at the latest--many of us believe it will be earlier than that---an across-the-board 23-percent cut.

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You make very good points, by the way.

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I would just say our Retirement Security Plans and our Retirement Security Clearinghouses are responding to the underlying dynamic that Professor Mead has done such a good job in describing.

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