As government grows, our freedoms receive. And we're spending somewhere around 24% of our GDP on federal government. That's completely out of control. Over 100 years ago, that was about 2% [of GDP]. That was the vision of our founding fathers, a limited federal government, most government close to government at the state and local level. We've completely turned that foundational vision of this country on its head. (06:01–06:03)
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Asserts that federal government spending was about 2% of GDP over 100 years ago.
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