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Jon Husted: “That's not sustainable. That's generational theft.”

Featuring: Jon Husted, Republican | Lieutenant Governor of Ohio

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Interview with Ohio Senator John Husted on State Power and Federal Spending

Published | Video Starts at 01:58

But his sharpest focus, Federal spending. We have a $36 trillion national debt. We have a deficit that's nearly $2 trillion this fiscal year. That's not sustainable. That's generational theft. And, yes, we're gonna be doing a reset, and we're not gonna be doing transgender operas in Colombia anymore. We're not gonna have funding for ridiculous things that are wasting tax dollars. (01:58–02:02)

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Asserts that the current national debt and deficit levels are unsustainable and detrimental to future generations.

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