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Ron Johnson: “This year we will spend over 7 trillion.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 05:27

A trillion dollars. And I don't think anybody was really aware of that either. So what's right now for 2025 or let's say 2024, what did the federal government spend total? This year we will spend over 7 trillion. So better way, I remember somewhere around during the Obama administration about when I got elected, 2010, 2011, we had our first trillion dollar a year deficit in 2009. (05:27–05:30)

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