Claim: Says the U.S. borrows "42 cents of every dollar Washington spends today and about half of that comes from countries like China."
Fact-check: GOP Rep. Paul Ryan says U.S. borrows 42 cents of each dollar it spends and half the borrowing is 'from countries like China'
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Kertscher
Date published: 2011-07-15T00:00:00