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Ron Johnson: “We starved the Social Security fund by $112 billion this…”

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

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Senator Johnson on Squawk Box

Published | Video Starts at 00:58

Now. We reduced those payroll taxes this year. It was supposed to boost the economy, you know, create jobs. It didn't do. Wasn't particularly effective. We starved the Social Security fund by $112 billion this year. Why do we want to keep going? Why do we want to keep doing that? Don't we, Every time we do that, don't we. They pay for it some other way, though, don't they? (00:58–01:05)

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