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Ron Johnson: “We're going to be over 50% [tax rate] when you tack on state…”

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

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Senator Johnson on CNBC's Kudlow Report

Published | Video Starts at 02:43

Exactly right, Larry. Right. Go ahead. Yeah, we're talking about, think we're talking about Senator Johnson. Let's Senate Johnson. Larry, it's even worse than that. That's just the federal tax … We're going to be over 50% [tax rate] when you tack on state and local property taxes. … how you ask the poll question. If you do it the way Obama wants it stated when you're ending up this class warfare. Americans unfortunately side with President Obama. (02:43–02:51)

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Asserts that combined federal, state, and local taxes could exceed 50%.

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