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David Schweikert: “In about 15 years, the United States will have more deaths…”

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

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Congressman David Schweikert on political future, the numbers behind Social Security and Medicare

Published | Video Starts at 14:57

And we never set aside the money, both the money for it, but also we weren't prepared as a society to have where our birth rates started to roll over in 1990. So think about this math. In about 15 years, the United States will have more deaths than births. Wow. And yet it's today's taxpayer, today's worker sort of pays today's beneficiary. And it's fascinating. You're going to see a bunch of folks run for office this year and they're going to treat the public like fools. (14:57–15:04)

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