Interest bill rockets past a cool 1 trillion. They're estimating that our interest bill for this fiscal year, total gross interest $1 trillion. Stop and think about that. That means Social Security's number one spend interest just became number two. Medicare just became number three. Defense now is number four. These are numbers we were not supposed to hit for a decade. It's here. And look, sometimes I feel like an absolute idiot because I come behind these microphones. (01:35–01:43)
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Asserts that interest payments have surpassed Medicare and defense in U.S. spending priorities.
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