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Ron Johnson: “We have less than three workers supporting every person on…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson's Wisconsin Town Hall: Addressing Federal Spending, Medicaid, and Immigration Concerns

Published | Video Starts at 17:29

Now there's a retirement scheme that's going to work, but now that life expectancy, thank God, is closer to 80 and we haven't done much in terms of retirement age. It's completely unsustainable. And We have less than three workers supporting every person on Social Security. So it's, it's a program in trouble and unfortunately nobody's willing to to fix it. And way too many people are stealing, are willing to incur and be satisfied with these massive deficits. (17:29–17:34)

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Asserts that currently, fewer than three workers support each Social Security beneficiary.

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