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Ron Johnson: “The ability to take 45% of your income, 40% of your estate.”

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

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Senator Johnson Appears on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace

Published | Video Starts at 08:35

But what I'd like to do is make sure that Americans start taking a look at the awesome power of government in other areas. You know, The ability to take 45% of your income, 40% of your estate. You know, tell you what, Dr. You can, you can utilize, you know, what type of healthcare treatments are going to be made available to you. So this is about limiting our government. (08:35–08:40)

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Asserts that the government has the power to tax 45% of income and 40% of estates.

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