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Ron Johnson: “If we're not willing to reduce spending to a reasonable…”

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

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Discussion with Senator Ron Johnson on Federal Spending and Budget Reforms

Published | Video Starts at 10:11

That put us in pretty good shape. That returns an awful lot of certainty to the economy. But you know, bottom line, guys, I mean, if, If we're not willing to reduce spending to a reasonable pre-pandemic level and we still have deficits of 1.7, $1.82 trillion. some point in time, I guess we're gonna have to pay for those and maybe have to let tax rates increase. I think that's a terrible idea. I don't wan. (10:11–10:28)

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Asserts that current deficits are between $1.7 trillion and $1.82 trillion.

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