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Cato Video • March 6, 2011 

# Congress needs perspective on that $61 billion in spending cuts. 

$61 billion sounds like a big spending cut, but we should put that number in perspective. Video produced by Caleb O. Brown. Music licensed (Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution) from Kevin MacLeod. Based on [a blog post by Tad DeHaven](https://www.cato.org/61-billion-in-cuts-in-perspective/). 

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