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Ron Johnson: “A dollar you held just in 2019 is only worth 80 cents.”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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So a dollar you held in 1998 is only worth 51 cents today. Ouch. A dollar you held, it's devalued that much since 1980. A dollar you held just in 2019 is only worth 80 cents. So again, that is the devaluation of dollar that's inflation. It's been cut in half. When I ran 2010 that dollar is worth about 68 cents. (17:13–17:18)

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