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Ron Johnson: “For state and local public officials, somewhere in the…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson on CSPAN's Washington Journal

Published | Video Starts at 17:16

Well, you have to do the same thing with the federal government. I've seen studies that show in terms of the total cost of benefits for federal workers, somewhere in the $40,000 range. For state and local public officials, somewhere in the $30,000 range. And for private sector workers, it's mid teens, 15, $16,000. That's just out of whack. So I think it's important that we start addressing that. (17:16–17:20)

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Asserts that the total cost of benefits for state and local public officials is around $30,000.

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