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Ron Johnson: “The only way we're going to be able to save those programs…”

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

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Senator Johnson at HSGAC

Published | Video Starts at 03:49

That when they need a Social Security check or when they need Medicare, that they'll be there, because we will have found ways to save money, provide those, and save the programs and make sure they're available for future generations. But, Mr. Chair, The only way we're going to be able to save those programs is we have to be honest about what the structure of those programs are, how utterly unsustainable that is. And we have to describe that to the American public because. Yeah, I agree. I have yet to have a young person say that they have any expectation of getting Social Security, Medicare, and that's just wrong. (03:49–03:59)

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Asserts that Social Security and Medicare programs are unsustainable in their current structure.

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