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David Schweikert: “You get 0.5% of the economy, 1.5% [from Democratic tax…”

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

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David Schweikert's Congressional Address on U.S. Debt, Healthcare, and Economic Policy Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 10:42

So all the tax. Every time you have someone over on that side say, just raise taxes, if you do every one of their tax proposals, You get 0.5% of the economy, 1.5% [from Democratic tax proposals]. Hopefully everyone knows what the joke is. We're going to borrow 7.3% of the economy this year, and in nine years, we're borrowing 9% of the economy. (10:42–10:47)

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Asserts that Democratic tax proposals would yield 0.5% to 1.5% of the economy.

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