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Ron Johnson: “That's what caused 40 year high inflation.”

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

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Do you we have any sense of what percentage of the American population, 350 million or whatever it is in that range are net receivers get more from government than they pay in. That's what caused 40 year high inflation. And that hurts everybody. So you think that most. At this point, your guess is most Americans receive more from the federal government. My guess, it's more than 50%. (08:22–08:24)

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Asserts that deficit spending has caused the highest inflation in 40 years.

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