Ron Johnson: “We're spending almost $400 billion more this year than we…”

“But the good news here, it's not good news, is bad news. But the fact of the matter is non defense, discretionary and other mandatory, not Social Security, Medicare or even Medicaid. We're spending almost $400 billion more this year than we did in 2019. Actual outlays plus up by population and Biden's inflation. So again we're almost $400 billion more than just that. Actual outlays for non defense, discretionary and other mandatory.” (06:21–06:27)

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