This week it looks like it's easier to sell that fragility. And I know that's a big word, but it's the only one I have for this. Don't play a game here. We will pay 1.2 trillion in interest this year. Interest of the United States in this fiscal year will be the second biggest expense in government. Social Security will be 1,450,000,000,000. Interest will be 1.2 trillion. Medicare, almost a trillion. (03:33–03:40)
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Asserts that the U.S. will pay $1.2 trillion in interest in the current fiscal year.
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