David Schweikert: “My family accuses me of being incapable of speaking without moving my hands or without displays, so we are going to see…”

“My family accuses me of being incapable of speaking without moving my hands or without displays, so we are going to see if we can do a little bit of both that we are good at. Mr. Speaker, about every week, I try to take a block of time and come here to walk through both what I see happening math-wise and what I see happening demographic-wise. I know as soon as I use those words, most anyone who is watching this is now falling asleep. But the math is important. I put this board up because I am a believer that there is a way to save the country from being buried in debt. There is a way that the next 30, 40 years can be incredibly prosperous, but we need to invest in this magic device, which is called a calculator, because much of what we do here is rhetorical. We do policy by feelings, and we engage in just absolute absurdity in our unwillingness to talk about the reality of what is going on. So, first, a bit of premise, and then we will do a little bit of what happened in today's job report to demonstrate there is a path, but that path doesn't exist until we start to be honest with each other. So just a top-line understanding, the next 5 years, just the growth in Social Security and Medicare--it is mostly Medicare--and healthcare entitlements, just the growth equals the entire Defense Department. Mr. Speaker, you have to understand what is happening. It is not Republican or Democrat. It is demographics.…”