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Mark Warner: “Debt service with our current $18 trillion in debt will exceed total defense spending or total domestic discretionary…”

On the recordFebruary 23, 2015
Debt service with our current $18 trillion in debt will exceed total defense spending or total domestic discretionary spending in 10 years, and that is not a good business plan for our country.
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Warns about the unsustainable nature of current debt projections.

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