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David Schweikert: “Unless you right now make about 24% more today than you did…”

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

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'I'm Sorry, I'm Not Supposed To Curse On The Floor...': Schweikert Issues Dire Warning About US Debt

Published | Video Starts at 29:18

What's the biggest tax hike in modern history? You're living it, understand? You are living it. The last three years of the Biden administration. The higher inflation. So in my district, Unless you right now make about 24% more today than you did the day the president took office, you are poorer. poorer. If you live in the Phoenix Scottsdale area, if you're not making the 24%, you have the right to be cranky because that was a transfer of your wealth to the US Debt because we lowered the value of your purchasing power. (29:18–29:31)

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Asserts that individuals need to earn 24% more than when Biden took office to maintain purchasing power.

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