But Republicans want to spend. We haven't come to a final conclusion on the number anywhere from 20 to 25, 27% more in the budget on defense. My Democratic friends in the Senate have said privately, that's swell, we want to spend an additional amount of money on welfare. Now, they're smart people. They know that we can't do that, and we're not going to do that. If nothing else, it would explode the deficit. (02:12–02:26)
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Asserts that Senate Democrats privately expressed a desire to increase welfare spending.
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