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David Schweikert: “We now understand we're financing people's misery instead of…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 18:22

But doctor, the argument here, the morality argument I really want us to make is the way we've designed these programs, they originally, as they were designed decades and decades and decades ago, We now understand we're financing people's misery instead of financing the opportunity to be healthier. to be part of society, to actually live longer. It's uncomfortable, but we have to be have a moment of honesty. And I don't understand the left's fixation on basically using borrowed money to finance misery. (18:22–18:33)

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Asserts that current program designs finance misery rather than health opportunities.

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