GOP Congressman: The Debt Is As ‘Immoral’ As Slavery

ThinkProgress writes, A Republican Congressman this week compared the country’s debt to the United States’ history of slavery. In an interview with the conservative magazine Newsmax, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) also equated excessive government spending and abortion, both of which he considers among the “most horrendous things this country has done”: “Slavery and abortion are the two most horrendous things this country has done but when you think about the immorality of wild, lavish spending on our generation and forcing future generations to do without essentials just so we can live lavishly now, it’s…

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