From a national security standpoint, I would say that, yes, I think it's an issue of national security. I had a good talk once with the former Speaker Paul Ryan, who was advocating that The problem with the national debt is from the perspective of national security is that it often doesn't seem like it's an emergency, but it will be eventually. And when it does, I think it's often a very rapid descent and one that the general public is unlikely to really see coming. (01:22–01:34)
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