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David Schweikert: “We have 13 countries in the industrialized world that have…”

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

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'This Is Immoral': David Schweikert Issues Dire Economic Warning To House Colleagues

Published | Video Starts at 21:26

Yet because of how our inflation runs, because of how our governance has been running, because of our demographics, because of what we're talking about in taxes and plans to grow the economy and the stunning amount, stunning amount of debt we're borrowing, We have 13 countries in the industrialized world that have cheaper 10-year bonds than we do. I've been trying to find some way to help this body sort of understand that now you have the responsibility. You're going to come and argue saying I want to cut this spending. (21:26–21:35)

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Asserts that the U.S. has higher 10-year bond rates than 13 other industrialized countries.

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