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Ron Johnson: “Carried interest... is ordinary income.”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson on the Senate showdown over Trump's Big Beautiful Bill | All-In Interview

Published | Video Starts at 24:06

Well I've talked to numerous people who benefit from carried interest. I always ask them can you explain to me why that's not ordinary income? And they can't. It Carried interest... is ordinary income. Speaking to other ones that are pretty big into it. They do make a pretty powerful case that you know all, all these deals, all these structures, all these business … (24:06–24:15)

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Asserts that carried interest should be classified as ordinary income.

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