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Ron Johnson: “We have blown by Greece in terms of per capita debt.”

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

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Senator Johnson Discusses the End of the President's Jobs Council

Published | Video Starts at 04:34

Greta, do you know what your share of the federal debt is? I don't know. It's $52,000. If you were a citizen of Greece, you know what your share, you know what it would be? 36,000 We have blown by Greece in terms of per capita debt. That's ridicul like to go out and borrow 52,000 and pay that up now if we could get out of the increasing debt, if we could put a cap on it, we buy out now. (04:34–04:38)

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Asserts that the U.S. has surpassed Greece in per capita debt.

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