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Ron Johnson: “There's no justification for being spending $7.3 trillion.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 12:17

Just spend whatever we're going to spend on those. This year we'd be spending $6.5 trillion rather than 7.3. That's a 7,800 billion dollar difference. There's no justification for being spending $7.3 trillion. So it's always, it's, you know, listen, when you spend $7.3 trillion, you're spending it on some good things, but you're wasting an awful lot of it. (12:17–12:23)

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Asserts that current federal spending of $7.3 trillion is unjustified.

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