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Ron Johnson: “You're going to be paying off the cash flow deficit of…”

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Chairman Johnson remarks at HSGAC hearing on governing through goal setting

Published | Video Starts at 14:51

Next chart. That's it. That's the Social Security Trust Fund. It's a four drawer file located in Parkersburg, West Virginia. This is what the American people are expecting. You're going to be paying off the cash flow deficit of Social Security over the next 20 or so years. That's not being honest with the American public. So the last thing I just had in this chart is a solution menu on Medicare. It's pretty sparse. (14:51–14:56)

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Asserts that the Social Security cash flow deficit will be paid off over the next 20 years.

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