You can't let all the spending decisions up to the just the president. But I side with Tom Coburn that these earmarks are literally the gateway drug that greases the skids. We were $14 trillion in debt back in 2011. Now we're approaching 39 trillion. The system is completely out of control, completely broken. Somebody's got to stand up here and point that out and just vote no every now and again. (02:21–02:26)
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