Vivek Ramaswamy: “Much of our spending is even for programs whose…”

“You balance the budget, which has not been done since Newt Gingrich was the speaker of the House. You have about 30 seconds. Well, yeah, well, funny enough, Sean, actually Much of our spending is even for programs whose authorization has lapsed. So the authorization to spend the money, the appropriation has lapsed, and yet still the money still goes out the door. That's how broken the bureaucracy is.” (05:41–05:47)

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