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Ron Johnson Discusses Deficit Reduction and Spending Cuts in Senate Budget Bill

Published May 25, 2025 | Video Starts at 00:28

So we need to be responsible. The first goal of our budget reconciliation process should be to reduce the deficit. This actually increases. Let me describe the message. President Obama averaged about $910 billion of deficits per year. President Trump in his first three years averaged about 810. Then Covid hit over $3 trillion in deficit. It should have ended there. We should have immediately returned to a pre pandemic level spending. (00:28–00:33)

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