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Ron Johnson: “We can't average $2.6 trillion a year deficits, which is the…”

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

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'HISTORIC LOWS': GOP senator defends higher defense spending

Published | Video Starts at 02:01

So I support, you know, because defense spending is the top priority government, I support spending more of our gdp but we need to spend less. Otherwise other places We can't average $2.6 trillion a year deficits, which is the current forecast over the next 10 years. Porter sales, Porter sells over $60 trillion in debt. So any, any defense spending requests. First of all, we have to look very carefully, what are we going to spend it on? (02:01–02:08)

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