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Ron Johnson: “The disability trust fund is going to run out according to…”

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

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Sen. Johnson speaking at Senate Budget Committee Hearing.

Published | Video Starts at 03:58

Then benefits can only be paid up to the amount of money coming into the fund, which would be a good deal less than the benefits that are in current law. So The disability trust fund is going to run out according to your current paper here, about 2017. So according to current law, unless we do something according to current law, what how much would those benefits be reduced by? Approximately? (03:58–04:05)

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Asserts that the disability trust fund was projected to run out in 2017.

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