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Don Bacon: “A $32 trillion debt that's going to grow at the tune of…”

Featuring: Don Bacon, Republican | U.S. House, Nebraska, District 2

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Rep. Don Bacon: 30th Annual Keystone Leadership Awards

Published | Video Starts at 07:54

In my view, Republican or Democrat. We can tackle three of these problems with good leadership. There are bigger issues that scare me. Number one, A $32 trillion debt that's going to grow at the tune of about 1.9 trillion a year. We made a dent into this last week, but the fact is mandatory spending is the majority of our deficit spending and we've done nothing. (07:54–08:02)

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Asserts that the U.S. national debt is $32 trillion and will grow by $1.9 trillion annually.

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