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Scott Garrett: “The national debt would double in just 10 years, pushing the debt north of 100 percent of GDP.”

On the recordJune 2, 2009
The national debt would double in just 10 years, pushing the debt north of 100 percent of GDP.
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Scott Garrett
New Jersey

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Garrett warns about the alarming trajectory of national debt growth.

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