If that family member got well, they wouldn't keep borrowing $50,000 and keep spending that level. That's exactly what we did. Spent 4.4 trillion in 2019, then spent 6.5 trillion. And we never really decreased that. We've averaged 6.5 trillion for five years. Now we're up to 7.3. The American people see. The American people have been getting hammered. They see half of their paychecks going to taxes. They don't like that. (02:41–02:46)
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Asserts that federal spending averaged $6.5 trillion for five years and increased to $7.3 trillion.
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