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Ron Johnson: “We have 5% of the world's population, yet we produce over…”

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

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U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson at the Republican National Convention

Published | Video Starts at 04:13

And when you do that, when you operate within freedom, within a free enterprise system, economic history tells you that is what makes an economy grow. It's what in America gave us. We have 5% of the world's population, yet we produce over 20% of the world's goods. That's not because of growing government. Growing government's going to hamper that our ability to do that. That's about freedom and the free enterprise system. So that's the solution. Yeah. (04:13–04:18)

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Asserts the U.S. produces over 20% of the world's goods with 5% of the population.

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