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Ron Johnson: “Average deficits were $660 billion [for seven years before…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Ron Johnson Discusses U.S. Spending and Tax Policies

Published | Video Starts at 04:26

All the wars got to plus up defense spending. We've got to clean up that mess. And of course, the $1.9 trillion average deficits seven years. For seven years before the pandemic, Average deficits were $660 billion [for seven years before the pandemic]. still way too high. Now a rational president and Democrats in Congress would have said, okay, code years in aberration, less reduced spending and death is back. (04:26–04:30)

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