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Ron Johnson: “We've been keeping interest rates artificially low.”

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

Newsmakers: U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson at WI GOP 2018 Convention

Published May 17, 2018 | Video Starts at 08:57

To get reelected. So how do you get reelected? Well, you promise people things. Things. And as long as you can keep promising people things without consequence. We've been keeping interest rates artificially low. So what we pay out in interest on the debt hasn't created a big enough crisis yet. We all know this can't go on forever. (08:57–09:00)

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