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Chris Armstrong: “They want to increase the defense budget by a half a…”

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

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Steal their resources. We can spend that money on ourselves, and then we don't need their oil anymore, right? Yep. Yep. I mean, They want to increase the defense budget by a half a trillion dollars for next year. It's Freaking grift. And they can't. And they can't pass an audit. Now they just funnel that money right into their own pockets. And what about bailouts for billionaires? (47:05–47:10)

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Asserts that there is a proposal to increase the defense budget by $500 billion for the next year.

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