In additional, no nation, a national security has ever survived as a major power when the interest payments on their debt go above what they pay for. National security at a trillion dollars we are now over. Our national security right now is $1 trillion. And we are, I think at about a trillion two to a trillion four in interest payments alone. But Steve, that's why this tax cuts, extending the tax cuts, it's reckless in this respect. I don't agree with that. I think if you want to have. (53:43–53:51)
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Asserts that U.S. national security spending is $1 trillion, while interest payments are between $1.2 trillion and $1.4 trillion.
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