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Ron Johnson: “You literally have to get to about 4% growth before you…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson Discusses Spending Bill and Deficit Concerns

Published | Video Starts at 03:37

You can, you know, I'm going to be issuing a report I've been working on over the weekend. We're doing different scenarios based on different growth scenarios. You literally have to get to about 4% growth before you start bending that deficit curve down. You know, that trajectory down toward balance, 3%, that kind of flattens it out, averages about $2.1 trillion in deficits over the next 10 years. (03:37–03:44)

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