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Ron Johnson: “We would have somewhere between 5.5 to $6.5 trillion of…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 04:13

I've laid out a proposal to go back to pre pandemic spending levels, inflate them by inflation and, you know, population growth, exempt Social Security, Medicare and interest. And We would have somewhere between 5.5 to $6.5 trillion of spending, saving massive amount of money, more than enough to pay for border security. So again, you look at the numbers, you put yourself back on a reasonable baseline based on pre pandemic spending. (04:13–04:23)

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Asserts that his proposal would result in $5.5 to $6.5 trillion in spending, saving money for border security.

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