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Ron Johnson: “The federal government is not capable of running the 23% of…”

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

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Senator Johnson on CSPAN's Washington Journal Part 1

Published | Video Starts at 00:44

… to Americans is what they need to do is be watching this very carefully and make sure that they don't rely on the federal government to solve their problems. Because The federal government is not capable of running the 23% of our economy it's in charge of now. much less the 39% that it's on a trajectory of managing in about 30 years. (00:44–00:47)

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Asserts that the federal government currently manages 23% of the U.S. economy.

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