David Schweikert: “For every dollar of tax receipts we take in, we spend $1.39.”

“Come on, let's make this a play at home game in your own head. So we take in a dollar. What is spent. If you said $1.39 for every dollar 139 For every dollar of tax receipts we take in, we spend $1.39. You got to understand and this will get dramatically worse in a decade because the Social Security trust fund will be depleted. The parts the Medicare part a which covers what, 38, 40% of Medicare.” (14:02–14:11)

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