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Ron Johnson: “We're spending more on interest this year than we spend on…”

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

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The spending cuts are talking about, they're paltry, 1.5 trillion. Some of those are fake, some of those are extended way out. They're offset by 10 years. 10 years. We're spending more on interest this year than we spend on defense. Here's an alarming statistic. Only 12% of Americans are metabolically healthy. That means 88% are not. It's not a healthy country. (15:17–15:21)

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