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To: TimF who wrote (852616)4/28/2015 1:00:04 PM
From: RMF  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1576663
 
The problem with the percentage of GDP thing is that debt is FIXED and GDP is variable.

People that bought houses in 2005 were doing great as long as home prices kept rising, but then 2008 came along and suddenly they could no longer service their debt load.