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Ron Johnson: “We can reduce the deficit by 650 billion.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 08:00

This is not a time for additional tax credits for jumping up our tax code further. So I would have no problem taking a look this, going, look at this and say, okay, no, We can reduce the deficit by 650 billion. Not a problem. Again, politically, you've got constituencies, you got people that apparently like to spend money, like to offer new tax credits, refuse to do what they promise to do. (08:00–08:04)

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