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Ron Johnson: “We entered World War II spending 11.7% of our economy of a…”

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Plus, I personally voted for President Trump because I wanted him to defeat the deep state. You don't defeat the deep state by continuing to fund it at Biden's levels. Yeah, I know. We entered World War II spending 11.7% of our economy of a GDP on federal government. 11.7. That got ramped up to 41% during the war. But by 1948, because we had responsible leaders, you know, the greatest generation, that actually went down to 11.4% of GDP, we returned to a pre war level. (38:13–38:20)

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