We borrow every dime we as members of Congress vote on. Every dime of defense is now borrowed. Every dime a non defense discretionary now is borrowed. And Last fiscal year we had what, 300 billion, maybe 400 billion of let's call it Medicare, but in mandatory that was borrowed. in this piece of legislation, 26.2% is our best calculation of the resources here. And many of them are really good programs. (00:45–00:56)
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Asserts that $300-400 billion of Medicare spending was borrowed last fiscal year.
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