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Ron Johnson: “Social Security was a forced savings program.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 00:08

Thank you, Senator Johnson. Mr. Chairman. Well, we'll never fix this if we're not willing to take a look at the reality of what Social Security was a forced savings program. What you paid in was supposed to be invested. And then the beauty of compound interest, you'd be able to collect retirement based on what you paid in. Correct, Mr. Acopos? (00:08–00:12)

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Asserts that Social Security was originally intended as a forced savings program.

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