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Ron Johnson: “We have 9 million jobs less than we had when we had a record…”

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

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Objection to Sen. Sanders

Published | Video Starts at 09:23

A half a trillion dollars sent out again to 115 million households. When right now we've only. Not only this is tragedy, every job loss is a tragedy. We have 9 million jobs less than we had when we had a record level of employment before the recession. Nine million jobs lost 115 million households. That's 12.6 times the number of jobs that have been lost. (09:23–09:29)

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Asserts there are 9 million fewer jobs than before the recession.

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