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Ron Johnson: “Within the next 10 years, the cash deficit in Social Security will be about $1.3 trillion.”

On the recordFebruary 11, 2013
Within the next 10 years, the cash deficit in Social Security will be about $1.3 trillion.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Johnson cites projected cash deficits in Social Security over the next decade.

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