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David Schweikert: “39 cents out of every dollar you paid went just to cover the…”

Featuring: David Schweikert, Republican | U.S. House, Arizona, District 1

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Schweikert: Congress Has Handed Control of Nation Over to the Bond Market

Published | Video Starts at 16:34

We understand our demographics, we understand our earned entitlements that we got to pay and how are we going to pay them when functionally the taxes you just paid 39 cents out of every dollar you paid went just to cover the interest and it will be worse next year. So you live in a country where we've made the decision, let's put the bond market in charge of your country because we're too much of a wimps to tell the truth. (16:34–16:42)

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Asserts that 39% of tax revenue is used to cover interest on the national debt.

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