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Ron Johnson: “According to CBO, those deficits now average $2.2 trillion.”

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Ron Johnson Discusses Deficit Reduction and Spending Cuts in Senate Budget Bill

Published | Video Starts at 00:48

It should have ended there. We should have immediately returned to a pre pandemic level spending. But President Biden averaged $1.9 trillion of deficits over his four years. And According to CBO, those deficits now average $2.2 trillion. Over the next 10 years, we'll add $22 trillion. And I'm sorry, the House bill would probably add. I've calculated 4 trillion. You're saying you have these independent analysts saying it's 3.3 to 4 trillion. (00:48–00:53)

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Asserts that the Congressional Budget Office reports current average deficits of $2.2 trillion.

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