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Mandela Barnes: “Social Security may go away completely if Ron Johnson has…”

Featuring: Mandela Barnes, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Mandela Barnes: Ron Johnson The Worst Senator Since McCarthy

Published | Video Starts at 03:03

… possibly willing to eliminate it and certainly unhinge it as an automatic benefit that people have earned. What is your position on the future of Social Security? I'll tell you, Social Security may go away completely if Ron Johnson has his way. You know, he's already signaled that he would like to privatize Social Security. He don't. He doesn't think that you deserve the benefits you've worked your entire lives where he doesn't think that you deserve to have a comfortable retirement. (03:03–03:11)

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Asserts that Ron Johnson wants to privatize Social Security, which could lead to its elimination.

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