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Scott Baugh: “Since the great expansion of government and the Great…”

Featuring: Scott Baugh, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. House California, District 47

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Episode 11 - The Path to a Better Future with Scott Baugh

Published | Video Starts at 13:58

And so if we continue down this path, we will look just like Japan. And in fact, we're starting to do that because Since World War II to 2008, we had about an average of 4% growth. Since the great expansion of government and the Great Recession and then Covid... we're averaging about 2% growth now. And because all of the capital has been sucked out and a trillion dollars is going to interest payments. And so that's the problem you have. Yeah. (13:58–14:09)

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Asserts that the U.S. is currently averaging about 2% economic growth due to government expansion, the Great Recession, and COVID-19.

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