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Ron Johnson: “In fiscal year 2013, we raised $669 billion more in federal…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson on CSPAN's Washington Journal

Published | Video Starts at 07:35

Let me give you this one from 2009, which is pretty well the trough of the recession when revenue really declined quite a bit. Today we, this year we will raise 600 or In fiscal year 2013, we raised $669 billion more in federal revenue through economic growth. $669 billion per year. There was no tax increase in there. That was just economic growth. The tax increase President Obama got, fiscal cliff over 10 years is $600 billion. (07:35–07:48)

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