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David Schweikert: “We're actually now 6, 700 billion dollars more in borrowing.”

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

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'A Scam': David Schweikert Lays Waste To President Biden's Newly Announced Budget

Published | Video Starts at 28:45

What's in there is they give you the latest baselines. They're supposed to be honest about the baselines. And I started with showing the chart and then actually showing that seven months ago, We're actually now 6, 700 billion dollars more in borrowing. And it keeps, every time they update, it keeps going up. Comparing debt held by the public projections in CBO's Baseline Estimate to 2025 budget resolution, you know, from the budget resolution and the 2025 President's Budget, we got a math problem. (28:45–28:50)

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Asserts that borrowing has increased by $600-700 billion.

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