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Ron Johnson: “We need to establish hard spending caps that will force the…”

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

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Ron Johnson on John King, USA -- Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Published | Video Starts at 03:08

Or is it simply the deficit is too big because, Mr. President, you'll have to wait till the economy is better? What we need to do is We need to establish hard spending caps that will force the politicians in Washington... to start prioritizing spending. Right now, we just have a credit card without a limit. And that's how government is spending. Like a teenager that has no constraint whatsoever. So we need to establish that hard spending discipline. (03:08–03:18)

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