claim: under current conditions, by 2023, the interest payments on the national debt will be $722 billion, larger than the projected defense spending of $696 billion.
author: tom price
evidence_1: mar 28, 2015 ... “under current conditions, by 2023, the interest payments on the national debt  will be $722 billion, larger than the projected defense spending of $696 billion.”  republicans have full ... the decision to compare military spending with debt is  not a common way to benchmark projections. but even the broader ...
evidence_2: under current conditions, by 2023, the interest payments on the national debt will  be $722 billion, larger than the projected defense spending of $696 billion.
evidence_3: may 6, 2013 ... do not change, the budget deficit will shrink this year to. $642 billion, the  congressional budget office (cbo) estimates, the ... for health insurance, and  growing interest payments on federal ... 70 percent of gdp—far higher than the  39 percent aver- ... under current law, the debt is projected to decline from.
evidence_4: under current conditions, by 2023, the interest payments on the national debt will  be $722 billion, larger than the projected defense spending of $696 billion.
evidence_5: first and foremost, our proposal balances the federal budget. we do so in less ....  under current conditions, by 2023, interest payments on the nation's debt alone  will be $722 billion. that will be larger than cbo's projected defense spending ...