And look, let me put these down and I'll try not to hit anyone with them. Please look at this chart. Please look at this. You see this line over here? This is 1975 to 2001. The average on US sovereign debt was 7 1/2% [from 1975 to 2001]. The average for all those years was 7.5%. That was actually the average considering now I accept that has the some of the 1980s, you know, Paul Volcker, but that was the average. (15:15–15:21)
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Asserts that the average interest rate on US sovereign debt was 7.5% from 1975 to 2001.
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