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Ron Johnson: “We're $37 trillion in debt.”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin Interview & More | HLJ EP391

Published | Video Starts at 09:42

Republicans always we want to increase defense. Democrats, we want to increase domestic spending. So they increase both. And that's the game that's been played now for decades and why We're $37 trillion in debt. One of their more devious ways of doing this is they separated out mandatory spending from discretionary spending. Mandatory spending is way more than just Social Security, Medicare and even Medicaid. (09:42–09:45)

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