That's exactly what we've done. So don't talk about cuts. Talk about returning to a reasonable pre pandemic spending level and base it on prior years. I've chosen Clinton of 1998, Obama 2014 or Trump 2019 [as benchmarks for spending]. Again took their total outlays exempt to Social Security, Medicare and interest. Spend what we're spending on those and plus those up by increases in population inflation and you know, magically you end up at 5.5 to $6.5 trillion of spending. (04:07–04:13)
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Uses spending levels from the Clinton, Obama, and Trump administrations as benchmarks for current spending proposals.
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