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Ron Johnson: “They estimated, you know, a millionaire surtax. They…”

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

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Senator Johnson on Bloomberg with Betty Liu

Published | Video Starts at 07:09

But Senator Harry Reid, all he wants to do is, is put forward like a millionaires tax, which. There was an interesting study just yesterday that was released in Maryland where they tried that. They estimated, you know, a millionaire surtax. They estimate it would generate $330 million in revenue. Right. It only generated 120 million. It doesn't work. It just doesn't work. So let's work. Let's. Let's enact something that works. Let's enact something that actually grows our economy to create jobs. (07:09–07:17)

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