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Ron Johnson: “The slowly growing cancer in America is a growing culture of entitlement and dependency”

On the recordNovember 5, 2013
The slowly growing cancer in America is a growing culture of entitlement and dependency
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Ron Johnson critiques entitlement culture as a significant issue contributing to national debt.

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