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David Schweikert: I guess the theme I was working on in many ways we can build a model that demonstrates that there is a massive, massive…

On the recordDecember 6, 2016
I guess the theme I was working on in many ways we can build a model that demonstrates that there is a massive, massive misallocation of capital, and it was arrogant of us to somehow think it was going to go where we all wanted it to go.
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David Schweikert
Republican · Arizona

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Schweikert discusses misallocation of capital and the need for fiscal policy reform.

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