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Ron Johnson: “Our tax burden is uncompetitive.”

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

Senator Johnson on CNBC's Squawk Box

Published November 7, 2014 | Video Starts at 08:42

That's why I'm happy to associate myself with the Tea Party movement. We're finding out, Americans are finding out that growing government is not making … Our tax burden is uncompetitive. … wasn't a regular news cable network where I was using the Tea Party term as a pejorative. I was not. I've made that case a lot of times that I had. (08:42–08:44)

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