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Eric Hovde: “I think it's wrong. I think it's fundamentally wrong…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 1:13:03

The protracted battle and putting our soldiers in the middle of a civil war that was happening, of how we paid for it or didn't pay for it. In other words, it was sort of off the books. They were at. I think it's wrong. I think it's fundamentally wrong. Nothing should be off the books. It's just like I got finished talking about with entitlements. They're all off. I mean, they're not technically off books, but it's not proper accounting. You're not expensing your liabilities. (1:13:03–1:13:08)

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Asserts that financial matters, including war expenses, should not be kept off the official records.

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