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David Schweikert: Look, this is functionally the same chart as the last one, except the point I am making on this one is we functionally…

On the recordJune 14, 2022
Look, this is functionally the same chart as the last one, except the point I am making on this one is we functionally moved from 1 trillion 726 billion up. Before that, we were at $1.3 trillion of household savings. The savings basically has collapsed. Is anyone talking about this? Remember, that was supposed to be the big Democrat talking point is, yes, we gave away a lot of money, but, look, we shored up people's bank accounts. It is gone. It is gone. And it wasn't done through productivity. It wasn't done through investments that lead us into a greater future. The left keeps on saying, well, you invest in green energy. Fine. But that is not what you did. You basically adopted almost every policy-- you do realize in the 15 months the Democrats have been in charge, we are burning a hell of a lot more coal today. The 2021 number is 23 percent more coal was burnt to produce U.S. electrical energy because they blew up the natural gas markets. They made the United States dirtier, according to the greenhouse gas calculations. So even on that they screwed it up. And then here is sort of the punch line of why I am here tonight. You see the chart, you see the red, the red line? Is that red or maroon? Let's go with red. Do you see this chart right here? That is for folks under $40,000 a year. And red basically means severe hardship. They are in economic stress. This number here has exploded under the 15 months of Democrat control.…
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David Schweikert
Republican · Arizona
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Jun 14, 2022

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