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Ron Johnson: “The way the previous governor balanced the budget was with…”

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

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Senator Johnson on Squawkbox -- 2/23/11

Published | Video Starts at 04:05

In Wisconsin, I believe we're facing a $3.6 trillion a year deficit. And let's understand kind of why that is. The hard choices were put off. The way the previous governor balanced the budget was with stimulus funding. That was part of my problem in terms of stimulus funding. It just delayed the day of reckoning. And now the day of reckoning has arrived. (04:05–04:10)

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Asserts that the previous governor used stimulus funding to balance the budget.

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