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Ron Johnson: “We spend too much money. We can agree that we need more…”

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

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Senator Johnson on CNBC's Kudlow Report

Published | Video Starts at 04:08

Well, by growing the economy. And that's what President Obama simply doesn't understand. Listen, we can agree on all kinds of things. I think we can agree on the fact that We spend too much money. We can agree that we need more revenue. But we should increase revenue the old fashioned way by growing our economy. And anybody who thinks it's smart to increase taxes on anybody should ask themselves a very simple question. (04:08–04:13)

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Asserts that the government spends too much and needs more revenue.

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