We went from a couple hundred billion dollars a year to over a trillion. We're spending a trip. It is the largest. Other than Social Security, other than … Interest on our debt...is the largest expenditure item in the federal budget. … should have happened. We shouldn't have this massive amount of debt. Again, this is not Sustainable. So why is everybody whistling by the graveyard? Because nobody's holding them accountable. (19:52)
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Asserts that interest on the national debt is one of the largest expenditure items in the federal budget.
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