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Mick Mulvaney: “The crowding out is real. The numbers I have seen in the academic research would indicate that, give or take, when debt…”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2017
The crowding out is real. The numbers I have seen in the academic research would indicate that, give or take, when debt approaches 85 percent of GDP, you start to see real effects of crowding out.
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Mick Mulvaney
Republican · South Carolina

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Mulvaney discusses the negative impact of rising debt on future generations.

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