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Markwayne Mullin: “Right now we're running a $1.8 trillion deficit. Now we're…”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin | BRCC #326

Published | Video Starts at 58:16

And because there was profit in that company and I could typically see it beforehand because I'd look at the financials and do all that. Right. But I would peel the onions back. Same thing with our, with the United States. Right now we're running a $1.8 trillion deficit. Now we're spending $1.8 trillion more than we're bringing in. And we're the wealthiest nation in the world. And I travel all over the place and. And you're not wrong by you saying that we don't need to look at cycles. (58:16–58:26)

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