"Interest payments on the debt cost $452 billion last year, the largest federal spending category after Medicare-Medicaid, Social Security, and defense"
That is BILLIONS with a "B," American!
All to BORROW MONEY you DON'T HAVE and can NEVER REPAY!!!!
The NUMBER ASTOUNDS even MY FLABBY OLD TIRED JADED ASS, readers -- and that is saying something.
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