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Jerome Powell: You will be spending more and more--or more accurately, our children and grandchildren will be spending more of their…

On the recordNovember 13, 2019
You will be spending more and more--or more accurately, our children and grandchildren will be spending more of their tax dollars to pay for interest on the borrowing that we have done.
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Jerome Powell
Republican · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Powell highlights the burden of debt on future taxpayers.

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