Ron Johnson: “That's a 63% increase in the matter of six years.”

“We're going to spend about $7.3 trillion this year. 2019 we spent 4.4. And we'll get into this more. But I mean, just remember those numbers. 4.4 to $7.3 trillion. That's a 63% increase in the matter of six years. Our population's growing 2.6% now. Inflation's been bad, but not that bad. Okay, so we'll get into that later. I've given you enough numbers for today or for the first answer.” (05:53–05:57)

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