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David Schweikert: “For every dollar we receive in taxation in the federal…”

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

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Final September Floor Speech - David Schweikert

Published | Video Starts at 14:04

And I'm going to do this three or four ways because I'm trying to get it to burn in. Remember how before I was telling you, For every dollar we receive in taxation in the federal government, we spent $1.39. Here's one of the punchlines you need to have burned into your consciousness about. Let's come here. 18 cents of that, $1.39 borrowing is just interest. What did the interest bias. (14:04–14:11)

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Asserts that the federal government spends $1.39 for every dollar received in taxation.

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