Reagan’s Cure for America's Debt Disease

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Reagan’s Cure for America's Debt Disease. Martin Feldstein, March 5, 2018, Opinion, "The federal government’s most urgent domestic challenge is the exploding debt and deficit. America’s debt nearly doubled during the Obama years, reaching 76% of gross domestic product in 2017. If nothing is done it will surpass 100% of GDP within a decade. The U.S. will then have one of the highest debt ratios in the industrial world—topped only by countries like Greece, Italy and Japan." Link

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