And that's why she's voted on $22 trillion in spending and she wanted more spending. That's all she could vote on. She wrote a letter to President Biden, encouraged him to spend more because She thinks that government spending doesn't cause inflation and government debt doesn't have a downward pressure on economic growth. Well, that's just silly. It does. Every economist will tell you that. And so what I plan to do there is to make sure we don't spend beyond our means. (21:54–22:02)
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Asserts that Katie Porter believes government spending does not cause inflation and government debt does not negatively impact economic growth.
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