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Ron Johnson: “The solution for fixing Social Security is lift the cap and…”

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

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'It Violates The Basic Foundation Of Social Security': Johnson Rips Plan To Lift Social Security Cap

Published | Video Starts at 03:12

… trillion with run up in the, in the stock markets, probably about $15 trillion of hard assets. We'd be talking about increasing benefits, but we didn't do that. So now The solution for fixing Social Security is lift the cap and just tax the wealthy. who are, by the way, based on the deal that Social Security was supposed to be a dollar put in, you're going to get that plus compound interest. (03:12–03:19)

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Asserts that the proposed solution for Social Security is to lift the cap and tax the wealthy.

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