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David Schweikert: “Today we have the same number of 18 year olds as we had 20…”

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

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David Schweikert's Congressional Address on U.S. Debt, Healthcare, and Economic Policy Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 25:00

How does that math work? And then I'm going to show you some of the demographics. I'm going to probably say this twice just so it starts to bleed in. Today we have the same number of 18 year olds as we had 20 years ago. We have double the number of people 65 and up. So we functionally have this. We have the same number of 18 year olds and it's no one's fault. It's not Republican and Democrat. Starting in 1990, US fertility rates rolled over. (25:00–25:11)

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Asserts that the number of 18-year-olds has remained constant over 20 years, while the population aged 65 and up has doubled.

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