Well, first of all, let me describe why it's so difficult to do what we're trying to do. Biden and the Democrats left behind enormous messes, open borders, all the wars, four year deficits averaging $1.9 trillion. The seven years prior to the pandemic deficits, 660 billion. Democrats tripled that. So again, this is difficult to do. You know, my biggest problem is that we really weren't returning spending to a reasonable pre pandemic level. (01:27–01:32)
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