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Ron Johnson: “If you go back to Obama in 2014, it's 578. Excluding…”

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Senator Ron Johnson Discusses Opposition to Trump's Tax Bill and Fiscal Concerns

Published | Video Starts at 06:43

In other mandatory doesn't include Medicaid and other and non defense discretionary. So it's 384 billion. If you include Medicaid in there, it's 517. If you go back to Obama in 2014, it's 578. Excluding Medicaid it's 803 billion. Again, this is spending above and beyond actual outlays. Above and beyond inflate and fully inflated for population inflation. You Go back to Bill Clinton, it's 1.3 trillion total. (06:43–06:52)

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Asserts that spending above 2014 levels is $578 billion, or $803 billion excluding Medicaid.

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