We must make a permanent sacrifice of tens of billions of dollars a year just to service our new foreign debts. Instead of strengthening our capacity to pay those debts, we have cut back our investments in people and equipment. We shall pay dearly for this shortsighted policy in coming years.
Criticizing the administration's economic policy on investment and foreign debt.
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