We didn't do that with the pandemic. We went from $4.4 trillion to $6.5 trillion and never looked back. This year we'll spend about $7.4 trillion, which is 67% higher than 2019. There is absolutely no justification for that whatsoever. Another way to look at this is average deficits per four year presidential term. (05:27–05:35)
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