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Ron Johnson: “When people get things for free, when you get a lot of money, one of the first things my wife as an IRS agent learned…”

On the recordSeptember 8, 2014
When people get things for free, when you get a lot of money, one of the first things my wife as an IRS agent learned, the first government phrase was, 'Use it or lose it.'
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Ron Johnson expresses concern about government spending and resource allocation.

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