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Sununu predicts a US fiscal car crash within eight to nine years

Chris Sununu · These Jobs Will Skyrocket in the AI Economy · Joe Lonsdale · Dec 30, 2025 · at 12:31

Former New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu warns host Joe Lonsdale about the timeline for an impending federal debt and entitlement crisis.

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“We have eight, I think we have eight or nine years here, but there will be a, I think a fiscal car crash, so to say, where social security, Medicare the debt, you know, the interest, what interest hit over a trillion this year.”

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