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Nicholas Begich: “40% of all US personal income taxes are going to pay…”

Featuring: Nicholas Begich, Republican | U.S. House Alaska At-large District

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Published | Video Starts at 07:38

One, interest rates right now are absolutely bonkers relative to where they were historically, maybe not, but relative to where they were in recent history. We need to lower those rates. 40% of all US personal income taxes are going to pay interest on the debt. Yeah. So 40%. If you're a taxpayer out there listening today, 40% of your money that you pay the federal government right now is going to pay just interest. (07:38–07:46)

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Asserts that a significant portion of US taxes is used for debt interest.

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