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David Schweikert: “US taxes will have to be double what they are today to…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 28:44

Look, my wife's exactly my age, so I have an 8 year old. I have a 23 month old. Mathematically my 23 month old. When he is 20 years old, US taxes will have to be double what they are today to maintain baseline services [by the time my 23-month-old is 20 years old]. This is what we're doing to our society. And we're coming behind these microphones and trying to say, and I've done, we've done the economic presentations. (28:44–28:55)

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Asserts that future US taxes will need to double to maintain current services.

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