Ron Johnson: “2014, we spent $3.5 trillion. Now we're spending over 7…”

“When we've increased spending from 4.4 trillion to $7 trillion in just the last six years, we basically doubled spending in the last 10 or 11 years. 2015 we spent, 2014, we spent $3.5 trillion. Now we're spending over 7 trillion. So again, it's completely out of control. There's no justification to continue to spend what we spent during an emergency pandemic. We had far more responsible leaders back in World War II.” (01:01–01:06)

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