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Steve Daines: “Within 5 years we are going to spend more on annual interest on the national debt than we spend on national defense.”

On the recordMarch 6, 2023
Within 5 years we are going to spend more on annual interest on the national debt than we spend on national defense.
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Steve Daines
Republican · Montana

Editor's note · Context

Daines warns about the rising costs of servicing national debt compared to defense spending.

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