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Ron Johnson: “They [the government] indebted US to another $2.4 trillion…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 02:38

Again, as unfortunate as it is that we can't be talking about tax decreases to spur the economy. The fact of the matter is they use Keynesian economics. They [the government] indebted US to another $2.4 trillion in the last three years. Total employment's down since when that program started. It hasn't worked. It just hasn't worked. We've dug ourselves such a deep hole. (02:38–02:45)

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Asserts that the U.S. government increased national debt by $2.4 trillion over three years.

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