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David Schweikert: “The math is so dystopian that it forces [politicians] to…”

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

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3 Trillion Borrowed. Rep. Schweikert on How A.I., Healthcare & Immigration Reform Can Save America.

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There's some folks that, you know, ideologically there's, it's insane what they believe, but they really do have a heart to want to try to do something. It's just the math is really uncomfortable because The math is so dystopian that it forces [politicians] to have to think about things that they don't know how to go home and tell their voters. and the voters get pissed off. When you get up in front of a room and show the chart Saying this is the driver of debt because they want to … (35:48–35:58)

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