$1.3 trillion at this moment. a distant third, the president s stimulus plan, $831 billion. never thought $831 billion would look cheap. well, here s another powerful number. right now this country is paying $224 billion a year in interest on our debt and that number is mushrooming. it becomes an exponential problem. by 2020 we will be paying $544 billion in interest alone. if you want to see something really scary, let s compare that $544 billion to medicare. by 2020 in the year we re paying $544 billion in interest, medicare will cost a mere $279 billion. we ll be paying almost double that just in interest on our debt. now, you may say that s clearly foul and bad and terrible things, but some people believe that spending more is the best way to get this country growing again, to grow out of our problem. paul krugman said the stimulus plan was not big enough. he wants here $800 billion on top of what we already spent and he is not alone in arguing for more spending, not less
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major. tonight s truth follows the money and tells you just where the obama and romney campaigns believe the presidential election will be decided. in china, just as secretary of state hillary clinton arrived for a round of delegates, a chinese human rights activist left the protection of the u.s. embassy in beijing. the united states says he received assurances he would be treated humanely. later, he spoke by phone and told a very different and much darker story. he says, u.s. officials broke promises to have someone with him as he received medical treatment. translator: the embassy kept lobbying me to leave and promised to have people stay with me in the hospital. this afternoon, as soon as i checked in the hospital room, i noticed they were all gone. stan joins us live from beijing. tell us more about this phone call in which chen says he was misled, double crossed. a phone call at 3:00 a.m. beijing time, he was sitting up in his hospital room afraid for his life
how he is paying a hefty price for that comment which happend a couple years ago. was this isolated incident or is this really reflective of the culture at that agency. bob and andrew yeah andrea have something to say as usual. that is coming up next. according to administrator am men dairies. that they. his comments give us a rare glimpse of the obama administration s true agenda. [ male announcer ] this is lawn ranger eden prairie, minnesota. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter job on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and track work in real time. you can t live under a dome in minnesota, that s why there s guys like me. [ male announcer ] it s a network of possibilities helping you do what you do. even better.