How's it looking? It's going to take pressure from the public. You know, as somebody in Congress, when I look at our budgets, 26% of our budgets is borrowed. We're about as in debt as we were at the end of World War II. I see nothing but a crisis ahead. The idea that a congressman would look at that budget and say there's no work, there's no more work we have to do on it. (05:40–05:44)
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Asserts that current U.S. debt levels are comparable to those at the end of World War II.
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