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Ron Johnson: “Unless we start addressing the entitlement programs, our…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson Discusses Debt Ceiling, Budgeting, and Obamacare

Published | Video Starts at 03:19

So can this be sold in a new way? Well, I don't think it's a matter of selling. It's a matter of just the facts. And the facts are that Unless we start addressing the entitlement programs, our budget is going to be broken. There's a whole new entitlement, health care, that's the one I've been banging drum on. That thing will add trillions of dollars to our deficit. (03:19–03:24)

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Asserts that failure to address entitlement programs will lead to a broken budget.

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