… and it contributed in a big way to the national debt, to the growth of the national debt. Does that disturb you? Well, what disturbs me most about it is You have Representative Schweickart who starts to say, we gotta cut back Social Security, we have to cut back Medicare because the national debt is getting so out of control. But meanwhile, he was one of the people that trumpeted the Trump tax cuts the most. So it's like he wants to have his cake and eat it, too. (06:55–07:05)
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Asserts that Representative Schweikert advocates for cutting Social Security and Medicare due to national debt concerns.
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