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Ron Johnson: “We actually are getting some spending reductions, historic…”

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Senator Ron Johnson Discusses U.S. Spending and Tax Policies

Published July 1, 2025 | Video Starts at 03:49

If you take that off the table. Because nobody wants to increase taxes. Democrats didn't, we don't want to. I think it's very ill advised. We actually are getting some spending reductions, historic levels, $1.5 trillion over 10 years. The problem is we increase spending over $2 trillion in one year. So it's just not me in the moment. (03:49–03:56)

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Asserts that there are historic spending reductions of $1.5 trillion over 10 years.

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