Professor of economics is no fan of PayGo rule

[Yosemito]

This expert sides with those House Democrats who are pushing against a "pay as you go" rule:

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[exboyfil]

1. So what is the appropriate level of debt to GDP

100%, 150%, 200%?

[Yosemito]

2. What's the percentage now?

[exboyfil]

3. Around a 100 percent

It was around 30 percent when Ronnie came into office. Only Clinton has done anything about it.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GFDEGDQ188S

[Yosemito]

5. That's the debt. The budget deficit is what matters

Paygo is about the budget deficit.

[exboyfil]

6. Deficit becomes debt

That is what is important. All that debt has to be serviced.

[PETRUS]

4. That's not a meaningful question, and it doesn't have a fixed answer.

Also, per your comment in post #3, the debt reduction during the Clinton years is just one piece of a bigger story - a story that didn't have a happy ending, by the way.