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David Schweikert: “The Social Security trust fund will be depleted [in a…”

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

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Final September Floor Speech - David Schweikert

Published | Video Starts at 05:41

If you said $1.39 for every dollar 139 for every dollar of tax receipts we take in. You got to understand and this will get dramatically worse in a decade because The Social Security trust fund will be depleted [in a decade]. The parts the Medicare part a which covers what, 38, 40% of Medicare. The rest is really coming out of the general fund will depleted. (05:41–05:51)

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