I'm a numbers guy, right? We spent $4.4 trillion in 2019. Last year we spent 6.9 trillion. 55% increase while our population grew 2%. Had we just grown spending by population plus inflation, which was massive, that'd be $5.7 trillion. The amount of money that we spent above that common sense growth baseline is $8.8 trillion in five years. (1:02:21–1:02:28)
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Asserts that if U.S. spending had only grown by population and inflation rates, it would be $5.7 trillion.
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