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When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to as the war debt because it stemmed from World War I.

"George McGovern: Barack Obama, Democrats Need a Backbone". Interview with Kira Zalan, www.usnews.com. December 2, 2011.
When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to as the war debt because it stemmed from World War I.