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Ron Johnson: “Entitlement programs are the really long term ticking time…”

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

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Senator Johnson on Bloomberg with Betty Liu

Published | Video Starts at 02:12

As Chairman Bernanke said, we are on a clearly unsustainable path here and we also have to grow our economy. So what is the president's plan? What is the Senate Democrats plan for growing … Entitlement programs are the really long term ticking time bomb. … And again, the president has said that, you know, he's put entitlement reform on the table. I haven't seen anything from him other than those empty words. (02:12–02:18)

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Asserts that entitlement programs pose a long-term financial risk.

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