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Ron Johnson: “Interest is a trillion dollars. It's, we're spending more on…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Ron Johnson Criticizes Trump's Mega Bill and Discusses Deficit Concerns on Newsline

Published | Video Starts at 04:51

Well, so I'm not a real fan of their static scoring but again, the 10 year projections. They're projections, but they're pretty much hard to dispute. Interest is a trillion dollars. It's, we're spending more on that in defense over the next 10 years. They estimate that to be about 13.8 trillion if interest rates are at 3.3%. (04:51–04:57)

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Asserts that interest payments will exceed defense spending over the next 10 years.

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