Troy Downing: “A lot of [the deficit] is just dealing with debt service.”

“You're going to start to see that gain momentum. But one thing I want to talk about is this deficit number. A lot of [the deficit] is just dealing with debt service. And the really simple solution on that is bringing interest rates down. And I'm really hoping that this is that last, you know, that last indicator as the Fed actually reduce interest rates so that we can get that back within control.” (02:42–02:47)

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