David Schweikert: “Social Security [fund] is gone in eight or nine years.”

“There's actually a couple slivers of it is about a third, it's just the hospital portion. The rest comes out of the general fund. But did you notice how the President stood … Social Security [fund] is gone in eight or nine years. … tax maximized just to cover the shortfall in the Medicare trust fund. Where do you get the money? I will lay a marker down today.” (01:19–08:10)

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