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Ron Johnson: “Our deficit has just been rereleased by the CBO. It'll be…”

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

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Ron Johnson on John King, USA -- Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Published | Video Starts at 02:39

I mean, that's, that's what government needs to do. But the problem is, is, you know, we're spending $3.6 trillion a year. Our deficit has just been rereleased by the CBO. It'll be $1.5 trillion this year. We've got a very serious spending and debt problem. We need to address that. Government can't be, can't be spending money on everything it wants to spend money on. (02:39–02:45)

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Asserts that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects a $1.5 trillion deficit for the year.

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