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$4,000 per year per American. That’s how much interest we are paying on the debt to banks & foreign countries every year. A family of four owes $16,000 per year for nothing but interest on the debt!

Thomas Massie · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20

Massie discussed the per-person cost of interest payments on the national debt.

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