Bernie Sanders: “The defense budget is bloated, that many of the major…”

“That's a great idea. Well, you know what, John? I'm going to introduce that legislation. Let's see how far it goes. For years now, I have understood, as most Americans have, that The defense budget is bloated, that many of the major defense contractors engage in fraud and waste massive cost overruns. All right, I have Legislation in to cut military spending by 10%. Recently, you may have noticed, Elon Musk came out and said, you know what? We should be cutting military spending.” (18:58–19:08)

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