Because our country now owes roughly $37 trillion. We're $37 trillion in debt. And if we don't do something about that, we're going to be in deep trouble in the not too distant future. Right now we pay more money on interest on the national debt than we do on defense. in a very dangerous world that is unsustainable and that is dangerous. But the Democrats want to forget all that spend hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending on a short term, nine week stopgap spending measurements. (14:53–14:59)
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Asserts that the U.S. spends more on interest payments for the national debt than on defense.
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