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Chris Armstrong: “The recent proposal to increase defense spending by 50% is…”

Featuring: Chris Armstrong, Democratic | Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, 7th Congressional District

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Interview with Chris Armstrong

Published | Video Starts at 13:43

And so while, you know, I think we need to, you know, raise revenue in that regard and they're, you know, you know, the, The recent proposal to increase defense spending by 50% is out of step with reality. you know, to go from almost a trillion to one and a half trillion is just out of step, I think with reality. We do need to make, you know, we haven't heard of that. (13:43–14:06)

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Asserts that a proposed 50% increase in defense spending is unrealistic.

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