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David Schweikert: “In nine years, we borrow $10 billion every day.”

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

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David Schweikert's Address on Economic Challenges and Policy Solutions

Published | Video Starts at 22:32

There's no borrowing and you maximize economic growth because you're not engaging in the crowd out effect of having to go to markets. Remember, we borrow $6 billion every day. In nine years, we borrow $10 billion every day. We gotta do things like this. So we're not competing with you, your family trying to get a mortgage, trying to get a car loan, trying to, you know what your credit card interest rates are gonna be. (22:32–22:37)

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