Nicholas Begich: “40% of personal income tax payments [are going] to pay…”

“Okay? That's 40% of personal income tax payments, 40%. If you pay taxes and you're listing today, 40% of personal income tax payments [are going] to pay interest alone on the debt. and it's rising. We can't keep doing this. We cannot keep doing this. So that's a, that's a key priority. You know, I think we've touched on oil and gas.” (21:43–21:55)

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