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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Our government, we're spending $2 trillion more than we have…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Published | Video Starts at 15:39

To Say so for the record, you know, what Elon said to us at the beginning and in our cabinet meeting, and I think I've made a lot of mistakes, I think made a lot of sense, is that when you do, you know, Our government, we're spending $2 trillion more than we have each year. And that's existential and that's a public health issue. And we need to cut the size of the government and make it more efficient and make it do services more efficiently. (15:39–15:45)

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Asserts that the government is overspending by $2 trillion annually.

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