And that is an amount of money that I know no human mind can fully comprehend. But here's how I begin to get at it. When we start to think that We are spending more money on interest on the national debt than we are to defend the nation. our most important job, that to me, is shocking. And it is a mandate to get our spending under better control. This isn't a matter of not taxing the American people enough. (02:37–02:43)
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