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Ron Johnson: “Medicare will pay out $35 trillion more in benefits than it takes in the payroll tax over the next 30 years.”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
Medicare will pay out $35 trillion more in benefits than it takes in the payroll tax over the next 30 years.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Johnson emphasizes the projected deficit in Medicare over the next 30 years.

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