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Ron Johnson: “The Social Security Trust Fund has no monetary value to the…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson on CSPAN's Washington Journal

Published | Video Starts at 01:33

I think the purpose of that meeting was how do you define the problem? And from my standpoint, I've been going after, you know, trying to get a pretty simple answer to one question. Does The Social Security Trust Fund has no monetary value to the federal government. in total? Now, I've tried that with Treasury Secretary Lew and acting OMB Director Zients as well as Sylvia Burwell. They've never had it in them to admit the fact that it has no value. (01:33–01:37)

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Asserts that the Social Security Trust Fund has no monetary value when considering the federal government's overall finances.

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