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Ron Johnson: “For every one percent increase in interest rates, that is $180 billion more that is added to our interest payments.”

On the recordJuly 8, 2015
For every one percent increase in interest rates, that is $180 billion more that is added to our interest payments.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Johnson explains the financial impact of rising interest rates on U.S. debt.

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