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Pat Ryan: “Give us a date when we would actually have a balanced budget, not a percent of GDP, but actually spend less in one year…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2012
Give us a date when we would actually have a balanced budget, not a percent of GDP, but actually spend less in one year than we are taking in.
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Pat Ryan
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Ryan emphasizes the need for a true balanced budget.

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