We still have to pay interest, but we just sort of hide that where other European countries actually have to tell the truth about their total borrowing. How do we as members of Congress go home and explain every. Every dime you as a member of Congress vote on is borrowed. Every dime we vote on. And if you use my projections on the borrowing for this year, $800 billion of Medicare is borrowed and the economy is actually okay. (08:23–08:28)
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Asserts that all congressional spending decisions involve borrowed money.
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