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Ron Johnson: “So, if we do not want to pay our creditors $65 trillion in interest payments over the next 30 years, we do need to…”

On the recordSeptember 5, 2017
So, if we do not want to pay our creditors $65 trillion in interest payments over the next 30 years, we do need to address the deficit in Social Security and Medicare and just the entire Federal Government.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the need to address federal deficits to avoid massive interest payments.

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