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Elissa Slotkin: “The American taxpayer has already paid $100 billion out of…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Published | Video Starts at 07:49

… what's been spent and what they think they need to spend to get out of this. This war. Let's review the bidding on costs. Let's put aside right now that The American taxpayer has already paid $100 billion out of their own pockets because of gas prices and inflation because of this war. Separate from that, we think that the Pentagon has spent, give or take, 100 billion on the war. That means on munitions, on repairs to bases, on logistics, on. (07:49–07:59)

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Asserts that American taxpayers have paid $100 billion due to gas prices and inflation related to the war.

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