Vivek Ramaswamy: “If we re baseline to [2019 spending levels], we're…”

“I will say that that requires just re baselining to 2019. That itself is a $2.5 trillion difference. And If we re baseline to [2019 spending levels], we're effectively on a path to a balanced budget in the United States. and therefore on a way out of our national debt crisis. Which even if we have a path out of the beginnings of a path out of the national debt …” (08:27–08:32)

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