We use this chart over and over and over because we're trying to help people understand. Do you see the blue? The blue is what we get to vote on. You do understand Every dime a member of Congress votes on is borrowed. And part of this. So interest, this number is wrong. Now interest, if you do a gross interest is 1.2. Publicly borrowed interest is probably, it may be somewhere near that 890, $900 billion. (08:43–08:47)
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Asserts that all congressional spending is funded through borrowing.
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