And that's requiring the federal government to balance its budget, just like Florida is required to balance our budget. And the reason is, is, you know, we, I remember the turn of the century, we had $5.6 trillion in debt for all of American history from 1789 until 2000, 5.6 trillion. And then just in 26 years in this century, we've added another 34 trillion on top of that. And so you're now at 39 trillion. And it's just gone up exponentially. It's been unbelievable how much it's gone up. And when they're doing massive spending, the Congress and massive debt. (05:03–05:24)
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Asserts that U.S. debt was $5.6 trillion in 2000 and has increased by $34 trillion since then.
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