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Ron Johnson: “If we just equalize pay between the federal workforce and…”

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

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Senator Johnson Discusses Deficit Negotiations on Bloomberg

Published | Video Starts at 02:11

That would save a quarter of a trillion dollars. That'd be one place to start. Plus, we're a pretty interesting study by the American Enterprise Institute that If we just equalize pay between the federal workforce and the private sector that could save three quarters of a trillion dollars over the next decade. And again, we're looking at that study pretty carefully. It's simply unfair. You know, listen, I don't want to underpay people that work for the federal government or for the … (02:11–02:20)

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Asserts that equalizing pay between federal and private sectors could save $750 billion over ten years.

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