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Mike Erickson: “We've added like $6 trillion in the last two years.”

Featuring: Mike Erickson, Former Candidate, U.S. House Oregon, District 6

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Published | Video Starts at 05:29

Well, two of them. I would be voting for all these indiscretionary spending bills. I just compiling onto our national debt. That's just wrong. We've added like $6 trillion in the last two years. Biden's taken over the higher the national debt. We got to pay interest to a lot of countries that own our debt. That's wrong. We really need to balance our budget, stay within our means. (05:29–05:33)

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Claims $6 trillion has been added to the national debt in the last two years.

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