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Ron Johnson: “We're going to have to borrow $2.2 trillion for the next 10…”

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

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They just don't realize that how it's financed is by printing money and they can't afford things. If you're taking other people's money at the point of a gun, it's called theft. We're going to have to borrow $2.2 trillion for the next 10 years, every year, at least. That's effectively a tax because it devalues money in your pocket. So it's based on paying 10 bucks for a Big Mac and a Coke. Yeah. (40:23–40:29)

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