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Eric Hovde: “We're adding another trillion dollars in debt about every…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Your Voice, Your Vote_ Eric Hovde speaks with Action 2 News

Published | Video Starts at 02:03

It's very easy to tackle inflation. The bigger problem is tackling the government spending problem because right now We're adding another trillion dollars in debt about every single four months. And the interest cost on our debt now is bigger than our Defense Department budget. I don't mean to scare people, but this is how great societies have always failed. (02:03–02:09)

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Asserts that the U.S. is increasing its debt by a trillion dollars every four months.

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