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David Schweikert: I think I heard applause and happiness that I am only allowed to go for 13 minutes. For anyone that is paying attention…

On the recordSeptember 17, 2024
I think I heard applause and happiness that I am only allowed to go for 13 minutes. For anyone that is paying attention, it is because of the lateness of the hour. My brothers and sisters on the Democrat side, we have to split the remaining time. That is what is about to happen, so I am going to talk faster than normal. I apologize to those trying to take our words down. Let's see if I can make the point. I actually edited my boards down because I wanted to go through, once again, the actual mathematical facts and my intense frustration that our brothers and sisters around the country running for office are promising things that there is no mathematical way to make them work and a complete void of an honest conversation of demographics and debt and the reality of what is going on. Let's actually race through this because I think I now have 12 minutes. Please understand this. For every dollar of tax collection this year that your Federal Government takes in, we spend $1.39. Now, work with me. I used to come behind this microphone just a little while ago and say: We borrow 30 cents out of everything--no, we borrow 39 cents. If you remove interest, for every dollar we take in, we spend $1.21. I need you to process this. Please process this. For every dollar of tax collection the United States takes in, and that is this year, in a time when the economy has actually been pretty good. GDP growth has been pretty good.…
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David Schweikert
Republican · Arizona
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Sep 17, 2024

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