Speaker McCarthy: ‘The Greatest Threat To America Is Our Debt’

On Wednesday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) discussed the United States’ federal government’s debt crisis, saying that “the greatest threat to America is our debt.” “I’m here to make sure their children do not have and continue this debt,” McCarthy said. “If we continue this trajectory we’re on, in the next ten years, we’ll spend $8 trillion just on interest. $8 trillion just on interest. What that means though, too, because of the spending that has been going on, that’s why you have inflation.” “America’s strength will shrink,” McCarthy continued. “Everyone has always said, it doesn’t matter what occupation, whether


