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David Schweikert: “Interest this fiscal year of $1.1 trillion.”

Featuring: David Schweikert, Republican | U.S. House, Arizona, District 1

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Published | Video Starts at 10:25

Did this last week, want to make the point. This number is now wrong. Now our estimate is we're going to have interest this year, Interest this fiscal year of $1.1 trillion. $1.1 trillion of interest in the 2020 fiscal year means Social Security is number one. Spend at 1,450,000,000,000. Interest will be number two. Medicare will be number three. (10:25–10:31)

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Asserts that the U.S. will pay $1.1 trillion in interest for the fiscal year 2020.

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