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John Duarte: “We're also printing about $3 trillion in new debt a year…”

Featuring: John Duarte, Republican | Former U.S. House, California, District 13

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The 13th Congressional District w/ John Duarte

Published | Video Starts at 45:56

That means they're selling about half a trillion dollars worth of our bonds a year. That's going into the market, not out of the market. That's a big change. We're also printing about $3 trillion in new debt a year from the federal government. So we've got $3 trillion hitting the markets instead of a half a trillion. Plus we've got another half a trillion coming off the Federal Reserve balance sheets back into the markets. (45:56–46:03)

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Asserts that the federal government is printing about $3 trillion in new debt annually.

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