What do you say to the people who say some inefficiency in government is better than breaking down that basic infrastructure and putting lives at risk? So In 2019, we spent $4.4 trillion. This year we're spending 7.3. Some inefficiency. I mean, anybody think we spent too little in 2019? I don't. If you were to just take 2019 expenditure plus it up by increase in population and inflation, leave Social Security and Medicare, you can even leave Medicaid completely alone. (11:38–11:46)
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