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Ron Johnson: “I'm for constitutional amendments, too, limit the size of…”

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

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Ron Johnson on John King, USA -- Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Published | Video Starts at 03:28

Right now, we just have a credit card without a limit. And that's how government is spending. Like a teenager that has no constraint whatsoever. So we need to establish that hard spending discipline. And I'm for constitutional amendments, too, limit the size of government to 20% of GDP or under or balance the budget. Also maybe a statute that will also limit government spending. We have got to recognize that the root cause of the problem here is the ever expanding size, scope and cost of government. (03:28–03:35)

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Supports constitutional amendments to limit government size to 20% of GDP or to balance the budget.

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