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Ron Johnson: “The mandatory spending programs, the pensions in Europe, we call them entitlements here, Dr. Kahn, you said that was 16…”

On the recordJuly 28, 2015
The mandatory spending programs, the pensions in Europe, we call them entitlements here, Dr. Kahn, you said that was 16 percent of Greece's GDP.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of entitlement spending on GDP.

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