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. But this is interest. This is Social Security, this is Medicare, this is Medicaid, this is other mandatory programs. These are earned benefits. You worked your 40 quarters, you get your maximum Social Security. (08:51–09:04)
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Asserts that gross interest is $1.2 trillion, and publicly borrowed interest is around $890-$900 billion.
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