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Debt as Percentage of GDP

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Stabilize the U.S. Debt
at 98% of GDP by

Fix the Debt in the short and long term. Make the hard budget choices to stabilize debt at 98% of the economy by by identifying $8.1 trillion of deficit reduction and bring it down to 60% by 2050.

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