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David Schweikert: “Every dime of foreign aid is like a week's worth of…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 30:32

Every dime of foreign aid was like, oh, 30, 35 seconds a day. I mean, it's. Every dime of foreign aid is like a week's worth of borrowing. And there's. The problem is the political class has come up with these really pithy things to say that mathematically aren't true. (30:32–30:36)

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Asserts that the total amount of U.S. foreign aid is equivalent to a week's worth of borrowing.

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