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Ron Johnson: if we do not want to pay $65 trillion in interest to our creditors, we better address Social Security and Medicare.

On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
if we do not want to pay $65 trillion in interest to our creditors, we better address Social Security and Medicare.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Johnson stresses the urgency of reforming Social Security and Medicare to manage debt.

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