In 2019, before the pandemic, total federal government spending was $4.4 trillion. The Wall Street Journal just reported. The first four months of this year, we spent 2.43 trillion. Multiply that times three. We're on a course of spending $7.3 trillion this year. Six years later, that's a 61% increase, while our population's growing 2.6%. So we need to scrutinize all this spending now. I thought it was interesting. (00:22–00:26)
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