Congressman Slams 'Fantasy Math' in Debt-Increasing Bill #DebtCrisis #FiscalResponsibility

22 May 2025 · 1 min

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Republican Congressman Tommy Massie attacks a debt-increasing bill as "fantasy math," warning that interest payments will hit $16,000 per U.S. family. He uses vivid analogies like the Titanic to criticize congressional accounting.

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May 22, 2025

$16,000 of interest per U.S. family.

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SOUNDBITE OF the DAY goes to Republican Congressman Tommy Massie describing his thoughts on the bill that passed last night that would significantly add to the debt. Here's what he says. The government will be paying $16,000 of interest alone, per U.S. family. That's not the sound bite part. Congress can do funny math, fantasy math if it wants, but bond investors don't. We're not rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic tonight. We're putting coal in the boiler and setting a course for the iceberg and commenting on the fact that the bill passed after midnight. If something is beautiful, you don't do it after midnight. It's attacking. It's visual, it's analogy. It's pop culture referencing. That's how you get attention in the media.