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Ron Johnson: “One of the reasons we have education increasing at a rate…”

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

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U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson at the Republican National Convention

Published | Video Starts at 15:10

For all you young people who agree with Ron Paul, in terms of a limited constitutional government, the federal government shouldn't even be involved in granting student loans. One of the reasons we have education increasing at a rate four times the rate of inflation is because of federal government involvement. because of federal government funding. And so that just. It's almost a death spiral. You keep throwing money at the problem and tuition rates just continue to increase, which requires more funding from the federal government, which requires more taking from the American people. (15:10–15:18)

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Claims federal government involvement causes education costs to rise at four times the rate of inflation.

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