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Kent Conrad: “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…”

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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