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Ron Johnson: “A low income earner gets $2.70 for every dollar [paid in].”

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

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'We Have An Enormous Problem': Ron Johnson Issues Warning About Social Security

Published | Video Starts at 01:27

It's a savings plan plus. Right. I know people don't want to call it welfare. I don't want to call it welfare either. But it's something other than a forced savings plan. A low income earner gets $2.70 for every dollar [paid in]. Again, I get people coming in. That's my money. Well, a part of it is, you know, a dollar of it is. But in that case, $1.70 is somebody else's money. (01:27–01:33)

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Asserts that low-income earners receive $2.70 for every dollar paid into the system.

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