But they also note that if exceeding that level of debt is safe, why do governments so rarely borrow that much.

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By 2009, all 50 states had shot past the 15 percent rate, with nine states at or exceeding the 30 percent level.

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Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial average closed at its highest level since 2007, exceeding the 14, 000 mark, even though unemployment continued to hover near 8%.

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Halo 4 has grandeur on a scale we expect, with an entirely new level of graphical polish, exceeding anything the series has shown us before.

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This progress is clearly seen at the national level: In 1999, 15 African countries had repetition rates exceeding 20%, compared to only six countries in 2009.

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If it were 66.2%, the level when Obama promised that his "stimulus" program would prevent unemployment from exceeding 8%, the June 2011 unemployment rate would come in at 11.9%.

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