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Rick Scott: “We're running $2 trillion deficits right now.”

Featuring: Rick Scott, Republican | U.S. Senate, Florida

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Published | Video Starts at 02:36

I don't think with this government should, you know, any government should be running deficits. And so I've been, I've frustrated up here because We're running $2 trillion deficits right now. So I think things have to be paid for if we want to get inflation under control. Right. And nobody wants their taxes to go up. So. (02:36–02:38)

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