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Glenn Grothman: “About 14% of your tax dollar that's sent to Washington goes…”

Featuring: Glenn Grothman, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 6

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'Utterly Reckless': Glenn Grothman Decries Level Borrowing To Fund Federal Budget

Published | Video Starts at 06:39

I mean it's just utterly reckless for anybody to do that in their, in their life or in their business. But that will, that's what we're doing right now. Right now About 14% of your tax dollar that's sent to Washington goes to interest already. And obviously that's the beginning of the downward spiral towards bankruptcy when 14% of your budget is on interest. (06:39–06:48)

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Asserts that 14% of federal tax revenue is spent on interest payments.

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