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Ron Johnson: “We've been undertaking this $4.2 trillion experiment in…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson on MSNBC's Morning Joe

Published | Video Starts at 00:29

Thanks for having me on. Well, that's an easy question, isn't it? Listen, let's start from stopping bankrupting this nation. The reason I came to Washington is because I realized that We've been undertaking this $4.2 trillion experiment in Keynesian economics, and we literally are bankrupting America. That is scaring consumers, that is scaring businesses. That's why capital is on strike. So that is the first thing we have to attack. And listen, I agree with David Brooks, I agree with Neil. (00:29–00:38)

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