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Tim Geithner: In what fantasy world do we double our gross debt to $26 trillion and then say we are not adding to the debt?

On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
In what fantasy world do we double our gross debt to $26 trillion and then say we are not adding to the debt?
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Tim Geithner
New York

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Geithner questions the logic of claiming no new debt while increasing it significantly.

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