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Ron Johnson: “The federal government [has increased revenue] by more than…”

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

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Senator Johnson on In the Loop w/ Betty Liu

Published | Video Starts at 09:10

And you know, Mr. Altman is correct, the reason the deaths is coming down is even with the meager economic growth, we've increased revenue. The federal government [has increased revenue] by more than $650 billion since the low point in 2009. That's through economic growth. So what we should be doing is we should be enacting pro growth tax reform, regulatory reform. We should utilize our God given natural energy resources. (09:10–09:15)

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Asserts that federal revenue has increased by more than $650 billion since 2009.

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