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Ron DeSantis: “We spend more to pay interest on our existing debt than we…”

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Governor DeSantis Encourages Idaho Legislature to Support Balanced Budget Amendment

Published | Video Starts at 09:48

Well, now we're in a situation where this is much closer to an emergency. So because you can't keep adding debt at this level, especially given how much it costs to service the debt. We spend more to pay interest on our existing debt than we do for our entire United States military. The core function of the federal government, the debt that was accumulated during those Covid years, which was a massive increase in debt that was done with very low interest rates. (09:48–09:56)

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Asserts that the U.S. spends more on debt interest than on military expenses.

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