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Ben Bernanke: “The United States is on an unsustainable fiscal path looking out over the next couple of decades.”

On the recordFebruary 29, 2012
The United States is on an unsustainable fiscal path looking out over the next couple of decades.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke warns about the unsustainable fiscal path of the U.S.

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