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Ron Johnson: “Now. The federal government's spending close to 24%.”

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

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So these would be American citizens who obeyed their government and took a shot that they were required to take and then were injured by or killed by that shot. Now. The federal government's spending close to 24%. State and local governments are over 16%. So now total government spending is about 40%. It's three times what it was back less than 100 years ago. (00:40–07:23)

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Asserts that current federal government spending is close to 24% of GDP.

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