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John Larson: “That's been verified by every economist that's taken a look…”

Featuring: John Larson, Democratic | U.S. House Connecticut, 1st Congressional District

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Congressman John Larson's Town Hall on Social Security, Tax Cuts, and Healthcare

Published | Video Starts at 13:36

… address the deficit that I had explained that that's why I was doing this, all for the concern about not having a deficit. Instead, it increases the deficit overall. And That's been verified by every economist that's taken a look at this. And it's why Elon acted the way that he did. So this is the situation that we found ourselves in just in the last two weeks. (13:36–13:42)

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Asserts that economists have verified the increase in the deficit.

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