It's interest only. That means you're never paying it off. And every year you put a $2 trillion second mortgage on that debt. Every single year, Our interest payments just went over a trillion dollars. That's more than we spend on our national defense. It is just getting worse and worse and worse. That's why Oklahoma is one of 28 states with a balanced budget amendment trigger law. (06:21–06:28)
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Asserts that U.S. interest payments on debt exceed spending on national defense.
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