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Cynthia Lummis: “But the President's 2012 budget proposal would have the taxpayers shell out $844 billion in annual interest on our debt…”

On the recordMarch 29, 2011
But the President's 2012 budget proposal would have the taxpayers shell out $844 billion in annual interest on our debt by the next decade, over triple what we pay currently.
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Cynthia Lummis
Republican · Wyoming

Editor's note · Context

Lummis criticizes the projected increase in national debt interest payments.

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