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Ron Johnson: “The amount of money we're spending over and above 2019…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson Discusses Opposition to Trump's Tax Bill and Fiscal Concerns

Published | Video Starts at 06:27

So again I start with those three pre pandemic levels of spending. Actual outlays from Clinton in 98, Obama in 2014 and Trump 2019. And here's, here's where you can save money just from 2019. The amount of money we're spending over and above 2019, fully inflated for inflation and population is 384 billion. In other mandatory doesn't include Medicaid and other and non defense discretionary. So it's 384 billion. If you include Medicaid in there, it's 517. If you go back to Obama in 2014, it's 578. (06:27–06:36)

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