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Mark Pocan: “The largest part of discretionary spending, the stuff that…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Published | Video Starts at 10:56

But they want to go after Social Security and Medicare. I hope they do raise those issues because then they'll show themselves for what they really are. But you know, The largest part of discretionary spending, the stuff that we can attack the easiest, is the defense budget. And you know, when you spend $8 billion on amphibious vehicles that only sink. Yeah, yeah. I would say there's some places you could cut. But they don't say that right off the bat. (10:56–11:02)

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