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Drew Johnson: “The first real big chunk of money I'd save taxpayers was…”

Featuring: Drew Johnson, Libertarian-leaning Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House Nevada, District 3

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Nevada Newsmakers - Jul 14, 2023 - Drew Johnson(R), Candidate, CD 3

Published | Video Starts at 21:17

… whatever foreign power it may be, but it's not appropriate to use our hard earned tax dollars that way. The thing when I mentioned earlier I'd save taxpayers $60 billion. The first real big chunk of money I'd save taxpayers was actually a Pentagon recruitment program that we looked at and found that it hadn't recruited a single soldier, not one. And we have been able to save taxpayers over a billion dollars just by cutting that one example of wasteful spending. (21:17–21:21)

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