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Ron Johnson: “One of the reasons we're uncertain is we realize when you…”

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

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

Published | Video Starts at 00:42

And that's what we've tried to do in the last three years. We will have incurred almost $4 trillion in additional debt and now we're suffering the hangover from that. One of the reasons we're uncertain is we realize when you incur $4 trillion worth of debt, somebody's got to pay for it. And we have a very sinking feeling that we're the ones who are going to have to pay for it. You know, we also know who caused the problem. (00:42–00:50)

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