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Ron Johnson: “We have to put hard spending caps, a fiscal discipline…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson on Imus in the Morning

Published | Video Starts at 06:36

But if you're only talking about cutting $5 billion this year and then saying, well, yeah. In year 10, we're going to cut $1 trillion. It's simply not believable and it would never be enforced. So, no, We have to put hard spending caps, a fiscal discipline straightjacket. I don't care what you call it. We have to instill that fiscal discipline first before we can ever expect these politicians in Washington to start prioritizing spending and taxing rich people. (06:36–06:41)

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Asserts the need for strict spending limits to enforce fiscal discipline.

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