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Josh Brecheen: “If we can get to a 3% deficit to GDP, which is what the goal…”

Featuring: Josh Brecheen, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 2nd Congressional District

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Using Marshmallows to Understand Deficit Spending | House Budget Committee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 01:12

And where I'm trying to set this up is trying to explain to someone to see the bigger picture that If we can get to a 3% deficit to GDP, which is what the goal of this is, we're going to require restraint. real restraint, not proposed restraint, but actionable restraint. It reminds me of something I read years ago in Stanford University where they took a marshmallow and they set it in front of 604 year olds one at a time and they gave them these instructions. (01:12–01:37)

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Asserts that the goal is to achieve a 3% deficit to GDP, requiring fiscal restraint.

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