interest payments

2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement May 24, 2025 by David Friedberg · across every show →

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May 24, 2025
Assertion Supported
Friedberg: Each 1% rate rise above 3.6% adds $350B to US interest
“For every incremental one percent above 3.6, you're spending an extra three hundred and fifty billion a year in interest.”
David Friedberg May 24, 2025 ▶ 6:51 Bond crisis looming? GOP abandons DOGE, Google disrupts Search with AI, OpenAI buys Jony Ive's IO
Sep 10, 2025 negative
Assertion Supported
Musk: US debt interest payments exceed Defense Department budget
“At the end of the day if you look at our national debt, which is insanely high the interest payments Exceed the Defense Department, I guess, sorry, War Department budget.”
Elon Musk Sep 10, 2025 ▶ 2:20 Elon Musk on DOGE, Optimus, Starlink Smartphones, Evolving with AI, Why the West is Imploding
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