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Mark Pocan: “They said they're going to cut a trillion dollars. They've…”

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

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Wisconsin Town Hall on Immigration, Social Security, and Political Activism

Published | Video Starts at 34:04

The waste and abuse continues and you've got no plan to stop it, let alone get us out of debt. Actually. So let me add a couple things. First of all, They said they're going to cut a trillion dollars. They've now narrowed it down to 150 billion. All right. They're not exactly like earth shaking. What? They're doing most of the stats. No, I don't want to hear the criticism there. What's your plan? Yeah, okay, fine, $36 trillion. (34:04–34:09)

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