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Ron Johnson: “We are going to be paying out $18 trillion more in benefits to Social Security than we bring in through the payroll tax.”

On the recordSeptember 5, 2017
We are going to be paying out $18 trillion more in benefits to Social Security than we bring in through the payroll tax.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Senator Johnson addresses Social Security's unsustainable benefits.

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