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Ron DeSantis: “Even 10 years ago, I think we were at like 16 trillion. Now…”

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Governor DeSantis Holds Press Conference in Kentucky Supporting a Balanced Budget Amendment

Published | Video Starts at 04:37

But I think we found none of this stuff's really worked over the last 20 years. And the problem's just gotten a lot worse. I mean, heck, Even 10 years ago, I think we were at like 16 trillion. Now you're at 38 trillion. And that's like a 10 year span. I mean, that's been really, really aggressive at how this is going up. Of course you have to pay interest on this debt. (04:37–04:44)

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Asserts that U.S. national debt increased from approximately $16 trillion to $38 trillion over 10 years.

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