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David Schweikert: “We're over 120% of debt to GDP in one calculation.”

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

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The United States, if you do our gross debt, that is the borrowing from our trust funds, which we have to pay interest on, we have to pay it back. We're over 120% of debt to GDP in one calculation. We're at 140% of debt to GDP. If you do just borrowing from the public, which now you're subject to the bond market being in charge of your government, we're … (29:09–29:14)

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Asserts that U.S. debt exceeds 120% of GDP in certain calculations.

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