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Senator Ron Johnson Remarks on One Year Anniversary of 'Recovery Summer'

Published June 16, 2011 | Video Starts at 02:17

And he's kind of laughing. Yeah, it wasn't particularly shovel ready, was it? I don't find that particularly funny. And Now he's blaming the fact that we're not creating jobs on ATMs. I mean, that's frightening. Does he honestly believe we shouldn't be advancing technology? Does he not understand business at all, that is through innovation? Would he rather have vinyl records rather than CDs or iPods. (02:17–02:22)

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Asserts that President Obama blamed job creation issues on ATMs.

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