This is why we're trying to reduce spending to a reasonable pre pandemic level. I mean, what the media should have been doing. Hey, what Johnson is talking about is eminently reasonable. We didn't spend too little under Clinton. He's taking the 1.7 and increasing it to 5.5 based on population growth, inflation, leaving Social Security, Medicaid or Medicare and interest alone. This is a reasonable proposal. (14:54–14:56)
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