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Ted Cruz: “It's how we've gotten a $16 trillion debt that is…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 01:42

And we should be defending US Interests and not the views of the UN which is what President Obama is doing right now. We've got a problem in Washington. We've got career politicians in both parties that spend the taxpayer monies. It's how we've gotten a $16 trillion debt that is bankrupting our country. I don't support bailouts, period. I don't support the bailout of the auto companies. I don't support the bailout of the banks. Government shouldn't be in the business of spending taxpayer money to help private corporations. (01:42–01:47)

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Asserts that the US has a $16 trillion debt that is bankrupting the country.

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