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Ron Johnson: “You shouldn't be cutting taxes when you're almost $2…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson Discusses Concerns Over Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill'

Published | Video Starts at 08:58

That's the problem. You can call it one big beautiful bill, but it'll be a bill that doesn't reduce spending, that, you know, cuts taxes. I guess. Great, but You shouldn't be cutting taxes when you're almost $2 trillion in deficit every year and $37 trillion in debt. I mean, at some point in time you have to recognize if you want all that spending, somebody's got to pay for it. It's not a free lunch. (08:58–09:04)

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Asserts that cutting taxes is inappropriate given the $2 trillion annual deficit and $37 trillion debt.

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