The good news is there's no shortage of challenges that we could confront. I'll give you another one that I know my colleague cares about and I care about. We now have $40 trillion of debt on the balance sheet of this country. 40 trillion. That's one of the reasons why interest rates are going up the way they are. And from my daughter Caroline and Helena and Ann's perspective Their generation's perspective. (15:44–15:49)
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Asserts that the U.S. national debt is $40 trillion.
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