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Ron Johnson: “We are already cash negative in Social Security.”

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

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Senator Johnson on Squawk Box

Published | Video Starts at 03:32

So I think we first need to address that. I mean, the fear that these entitlement programs aren't being addressed, that they're insolvent, that they're unsustainable. I mean, We are already cash negative in Social Security. It's a fiction that Social Security is sound. Companies aren't spending money now because they're worried about the deficit. Yeah, the debt and deficit. And what does that imply? (03:32–03:36)

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Asserts that Social Security is currently cash negative.

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