It is kicking more than 10 million people off their Medicaid, including people in my state of Wisconsin, Ron Johnson's own constituents. Ron Johnson wants to cut Medicaid even more. It's an even worse idea. But one One economic analysis looked at all the cuts to programs that benefit poor and working class people in this country and compared those to the tax cuts for the ultra wealthy, and they almost perfectly even themselves out. You could end all those cuts by simply, do people get taxes? That's the key thing, right? Everybody sits here and is wondering how to struggle, how much you can cut out of Medicaid and SNAP and now Medicare. (02:34–02:48)
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