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Eric Hovde: “All federal program spending went up, but the bulk of the…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

Eric Hovde interview, WUWM radio

Published October 1, 2024 | Video Starts at 25:02

Which programs are you talking about? What's that? What programs are you talking about? Where's that money going? Okay, so which programs are you going to cut these funds from? All federal program spending went up, but the bulk of the increase were on things like the Inflation Reduction act, the ChiPS act. which, you know, I don't know why we spent so much money for corporate welfare for big chip makers. That didn't make a lot of sense to me. (25:02–25:12)

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Asserts that federal spending increased significantly due to the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS Act.

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