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Ron Johnson: “It's at another $464 billion onto our already enormous debt…”

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

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Sen. Ron Johnson on Squawk Box: We need to target relief

Published | Video Starts at 00:40

Would you be for it at that point or you just are going to be against it because of adding to the deficit no matter what? No, you just explained the reasons it's not targeted. It's at another $464 billion onto our already enormous debt that's out of control and unsustainable. And so the fact that we've had nine months to take a look at what happened with the last stimulus checks, by the way, about 18% of that was spent on, on essential items. (00:40–00:48)

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Asserts that the proposed relief adds $464 billion to the national debt.

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