Ron Johnson: “In 2019, before the COVID pandemic, we spent 4.4 trillion.”

“It's bankrupt. I mean, in 2002, we passed the $2 trillion a year spending Rubicon 2 trillion in 2002. 17 years later In 2019, before the COVID pandemic, we spent 4.4 trillion. But then we had this massive spending spree during COVID you know, the COVID relief packages, we pretty well settled on a $6.4 trillion baseline spending.” (03:05–03:13)

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