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David Schweikert: You no longer can say 20 years or a couple of decades. It is 14 years now. I am the proud father of an infant. If you do…

On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
You no longer can say 20 years or a couple of decades. It is 14 years now. I am the proud father of an infant. If you do the calculations, when she reaches her peak earning years, her tax rates will be double what I pay. And that is already done. We have already done that to our children. You have got to understand the scale of what we have done. Doesn't she have the right to participate in some of the same earned benefits that we should have earned and hopefully will be there because we are going to find a way to fix them? It is not like the left gets behind television cameras and screams at us or puts up television commercials of a Paul Ryan look-alike pushing grandma off the cliff. That is political rhetoric. They are basically pulling a scam on you. This is math. I know we get folks in--I don't you know if you have ever had them at your townhalls--saying: It doesn't feel right. But I don't have a feelings button on my calculator. I have said that over and over to try to make the point that if you want us to protect your retirement future, you have got to demand that we step up and do it. It can be done by a series of little things. The reality is that Social Security is easy to fix. You can create a little smorgasbord of policy. Some might be aged, some might be folks with certain assets and opting out. There are a whole series of creative things to do. You give some optionality to young people.…
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David Schweikert
Republican · Arizona
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Feb 10, 2016

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