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Ron Johnson: “Total spending. The answer is, I think, $6.3 trillion.”

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

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I went out to the Washington press. By which you meant what? We spent last year in total the federal government, what the federal government spent in total. Just the bottom line. Number. Total spending. The answer is, I think, $6.3 trillion. Understand, the federal government is the largest financial entity in the world. We, in theory, are the 535 members of the board of directors. (03:01–03:06)

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