Bigs Quote by Paul Samuelson

“We're a me-me-me generation. We're borrowing the savings of every nation in the world. We're ... piling up a big tab. Now, I may think we're too big to have a run on us. You may think that. But it's possible that God does not.”

Paul Samuelson

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