I mean, anybody want to challenge that, that that's not a reasonable spending level to return to now? Again, we can spend on different things, but We shouldn't be spending at $7 trillion level over 50% higher than the start of the pandemic. when populations only growing 2%. That was Senator Scott made that comparison. Spending was up something like 60% in one analysis. Population has only grown 2%. There's no justification for that, correct? (05:20–05:35)
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Asserts that current spending levels are over 50% higher than pre-pandemic levels.
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