As one measure of the French crown's terrible financial predicament, by 1788 the interest payments on the state debt alone amounted to
A) one-fifth of total government spending.
B) one-quarter of total government spending.
C) one-third of total government spending.
D) one-half of all government spending.
E) two-thirds of all government spending.
D
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