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Ron Johnson: “Last year we spent 6.9.”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 05:31

Then the pandemic and we had to do something pretty quick, pretty massive so the markets wouldn't collapse. But we never stopped spending at that level. Next five years we averaged 6.5 trillion. Last year we spent 6.9. This year we'll spend about 7.3. So what I did during the Christmas New Year's break, I started thinking how can we return to a reasonable pre pandemic level? (05:31–05:34)

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Asserts that the federal government spent $6.9 trillion last year.

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