Sen. Ron Johnson: We Can’t Afford To Become a Protectionist Society [AUDIO]

U.S. Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin joined us on the show this week to discuss a number of items bubbling up in Washington.

At the top of the list was his proposal on Obamacare changes if the Supreme Court against the Obama administration in King v. Burwell. Here's the basic outline, via the Senator's website:

Individuals would be able to keep any health care plan and subsidy they currently have until August 2017.  They would also have the freedom to purchase (or not to purchase) any new insurance plan the free market offers.  The bill stops the IRS from imposing penalties (taxes) on law-abiding Americans who choose not to buy costly government-designed health plans by eliminating the individual mandate.  It would also end the shifting of countless, perhaps millions, of Americans into part-time work by ending the employer mandate.  Finally, it would help control the cost of health insurance by repealing Obamacare’s costly mandated coverages and turning insurance decisions back over to individuals and the states.

On trade, the Senate recently cleared a procedural hurdle in the path toward passage of the TPA bill and consideration of the TPP bill. Johnson told us free trade benefits Wisconsin and the rest of the U.S., and we simply can't become a protectionist society.

Here's our full interview with U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson: