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On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
the notion that we are going to go from 16 percent of GDP to 18 to 20 percent of GDP, we are on a track now by 2015 we are going to be at 20 percent of GDP
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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Kent Conrad discusses rising healthcare costs as unsustainable.

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