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Ron Johnson: “Third decade, 87 trillion for a whopping total over 30 years…”

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Chairman Johnson remarks at HSGAC hearing on governing through goal setting

Published | Video Starts at 09:18

I don't know what we get through the first decade without a debt crisis, but it pales in comparison to the second decade, $31,000 or $31 trillion of deficit. The Third decade, 87 trillion for a whopping total over 30 years of $127 trillion of deficit. I put that in perspective. The entire net private asset base of America is $110 trillion. So that's the problem we're trying to deal with now. (09:18–09:24)

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