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Orrin Hatch: A debt-to-GDP ratio above 100 percent is clearly unsustainable and puts us in the ranks of the many European countries…

On the recordFebruary 13, 2012
A debt-to-GDP ratio above 100 percent is clearly unsustainable and puts us in the ranks of the many European countries currently in a severe debt crisis.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Hatch highlights the unsustainable nature of high public debt.

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