'I Beg Of People-Learn Your Math!': David Schweikert Blasts 'Absurd' Growth And Spending Models

[@mikeembry9440]

I am so glad he won reelection . He has always fought for Arizonans and Americans with his outspoken views on the national debt .

[@davidayers5173]

I'm so glad senator Tester lost in Montana as I had called him out on Twitter for being spiteful, and I got banned, God bless the truth and let the secrets of the evil be exposed to the American people

[@barbarayorkwoodside3716]

I'm listening, Sir. RESPECT your math problem. Stay strong and KEEP being you. You are a diamond to the us.

[@happ13e]

This man has been doing this countless times and no one cares. It’s so annoying cus he has reasonable solutions to our debt issue.

[@supremetrain]

I watch this gem of an American every time he comes up on my feed because, as an American, I know how much what he is saying truly matters, and I hope that the transition team gets him into DOGE team at a minimum 🇺🇸

[@twistedambitionz]

Because it’s stupid. Every program is measured out in 10 years. But he conveniently uses 1 year to pay off what decades took to build.

[@bmoreblondie6301]

I always feel so bad for him. He always is trying to warn everyone an no one cares. No one listens by the time they do it will be to late

[@schuylkillmike8048]

@@twistedambitionz I don't think you understand what he is saying.

[@harrisjoseph7581]

This man is part of the solution. Thank you, Arizona !!!❤

[@MaoriNinja]

When I see it’s this guy giving a speech, I always watch the entirety of the vid. Get this guy into the incoming administration! I reckon he would be good in DOGE!

[@jackmusdash]

Bruh

[@jackmusdash]

Nvm i thought you were talking about the coin😂 i forgot it’s the new department hahahahaha

[@jefferystein5452]

Listen to this man do what he says !

[@michah321]

What is he actually saying to do? He's saying everything except Medicare is ok, not extreme. It's Medicaire

[@sn5806]

@@michah321 He's advocating for novel efficiency improvements. He lists a few examples, such as using drones to examine pipelines, allowing new medical devices to used to prescribe medication, crowd sourcing air quality data, etc. He cites specific examples that he suggests would cut approximately $150,000,000,000 from the annual budget.

[@michah321]

@@sn5806 That would be really good

[@wheel-man5319]

The ponzi scheme of social security is collapsing.

[@andriajerner9837]

He's so knowledgeable and full of common sense.

[@richsobolesky9990]

My question is, why are all these conversations spoken to an empty room? Because taxpaying citizens are paying the salaries of the people that need to listen to this!!!

[@andriajerner9837]

He told you why people aren't there ...they're doing their jobs and these meetings are televised everywhere they need to be.

[@paulcolburn3855]

This man is my congressman and I voted for him. Having said that, the answer to your question as to why the room is empty is because there is not a single democrat voter in a single democrat district in the entire country that wants their democrat congressman to sit there and listen to Schweikert. They are against everything he says and they are not the least bit interested in hearing him. And there is no LAW requiring that any of them sit there to listen. That is the answer.

[@jacobrutherford9825]

@@paulcolburn3855 that is not the answer, but is also coincidentally true

[@darrena7695]

​@paulcolburn3855 so they are a bunch of arrogant smug peace keepers.

[@sn5806]

@@andriajerner9837 He also said that people don't want to hear it because the reality of the situation is so awful.

[@theonlysarahbohmker]

Thank you

[@toddmsmith26]

What this man is telling us, is politicians have fucked our country. We need successful business men running this country. Lifetime politicians and bureaucrats have demolished our debt ceiling. Its Trump time, people.

[@maddman4747]

sorry, that retread has already surrounded himself with dual nationals.. you think biden/harris was bad. you should buckle up cus there is some nasty, if not traderest moves coming up.. i believe we are in trouble as a country, and a people.. happy thanks giving..!! -- madd

[@starscream007]

Oh but you have businessmen leading the country. War is a racket as Smedley Butler would say.

[@JamesBurdon-gu5yu]

@StarScream The fatal flaw in your false narrative is that trump avoided war In his admin and established US relations with all countries while the 'Non businessman " has pursued war at all costs and pushes us to ww3

[@ajhollandsworth2895]

Lot of his policies were good but overall spending increased under trump rep schwei. talks about this too

[@erickanter]

Even Trump won't stop the debt from hitting 40 trillion. No way is it possible.

[@goosecouple]

"A large and increasing US citizen population cannot even read time from an analog clock. Good luck, America !!!"

[@cliffords.8341]

Without illegal immigrants young Americans can't even look at an analog clock to tell time. They rely on a digital clock like their phone. How sad they're not being taught this in elementary school as I was back in the 60's. I hope Trump is able to change what is taught in school because kids are not being taught real world information which will benefit them in real life when they grow up.

[@sn5806]

Maybe if we import more south American immigrants.

[@bobbya51]

Or using the cursive style when composing a letter , sent by snail mail . I miss my childhood .😁

[@ChrisCarlin-is8wv]

Make Intelligence Great Again.

[@chrisdorman-c5r]

On a personal level, I am destitute. I am in Las Vegas, Nevada in a situation in which I have not wanted to be in. Am I t trapped here in this situation so my parents, sister, her husband, my nephews and the nephews of my partners witness me being psychologically destroyed while they get nothing but success? Can someone get me out of here? Do I get to spend the rest of my with other people making me feel wrong?

[@ValenceFlux]

Got to put this on a tshirt

[@murknellnewton726]

Make America wise again

[@sn5806]

@@chrisdorman-c5r without knowing the specifics of your situation I can't give you any specific advice, but I suggest that you consider your situation, decide on some concrete goals, and make a plan to get there. Sacrifice will likely be necessary if your situation is truly desperate. You may have to work every day for a while to save up enough money to improve your situation. You'll have to decide if it's worth it.

[@andriajerner9837]

@@ChrisCarlin-is8wv Mr. Schweikert thank you for putting a plan together to manage this incomprehensible debt!! Let's roll up our sleeves and join you in this work! Let's go David!!

[@JeffreyGold]

Attendance should be required-just like school requirements.

[@holdmybeer123]

It won't do anything, they'll still continue to vote on party lines. We simply need more parties so people can choose closer to their ideological alignments. The 2 party system is just one party away from a single party system.😂

[@sn5806]

@@holdmybeer123 We're not going to get change unless we demand it from our leaders. The minutia of how we implement our politics isn't the real issue. The problem is that people as a whole, much like congressmen, would rather stick their heads in the sane and hope this problem resolves itself than make the painful choices it'll take to get out of this. It's like a family that's just barely getting by and not putting any money away for retirement. They know the future will be desperate and painful, but they're unwilling to sacrifice now to escape that fate.

[@user-ro8vr6tu2c]

Sure if you want congress in chambers giving speeches to each other every waking moment in DC ! They give these speeches to an empty chamber on purpose .

[@holdmybeer123]

@user-ro8vr6tu2c that is not true. They are out for either fundraising or with lobbyists.

[@Raylz-h9c]

@@holdmybeer123 does not work that good, look at germany

[@outoftheashes_]

Don't worry sir... You have many that are listening!!

[@elpollolocoman119]

This guy is the best. A clear demonstration of an authentic politician.

[@juneabe2076]

Cut cut cut cut

[@joshdm]

please! Ilove this. Do this now. OMG pleased this.

[@13Liberty50]

Learn your history. The Weaponization of Taxation Regardless of which party. Enacting taxation then giving “tax breaks and credits’ to some is weaponization. The Federalist Papers. Author: James Madison “The apportionment of taxes on the various descriptions of property is an act which seems to require the most exact impartiality; yet there is, perhaps, no legislative act in which greater opportunity and temptation are given to a predominant party to trample on the rules of justice.”

[@georgehollis9533]

Thank you!

[@hollysphone30]

If you lift the cap on FICA, we could close the gap. Why are you protecting rich people from making contributions for their full earnings?

[@mikegrimes5325]

Brrilliant mate, I followed your complete presentation and am inspired. I’m Australian and wish we had someone here to turn this place on its heard. Maybe a change in government, will the start with Dutton taking over a Labour debt AGAIN. MIKE

[@jefferyyounce5372]

Here we are 40+ years later when William Proxmire had the. "Golden Fleece" awards. And it's only gotten worse.

[@markromano1458]

We NEED more congress members like this.

[@michaelhiggins2562]

I like this guy! He speaks financial wisdom! We better start listening to him. Maybe the DOGE leadership should pay him a visit!

[@yelloworangered]

I pray we address the national debt effectively

[@Ir-of4zn]

Nice presentation...

[@flowersgrow7850]

Fantastic speech!

[@col2959]

A guy with this passion and urgency is a man who does what he does for the right reasons.

[@ericmartin1548]

This guy better be part of the MAGA movement.

[@HaHaHaYouFool9439]

Sounds like he is, just without the label.

[@usa4262]

ALSO DR. BEN CARSON.

[@peacefulwanderer2050]

There are many small inputs that when packaged together improve how our government funds are spent. Note how the one chart showed that 50% of tax revenues come from income taxes- the working class. Yet the piece of the pie that was corporate taxes appeared to be 10-12%. What happened during the last Trump presidency to the corporate tax rate? Bottom line as a starting point is the need for a fairer tax code that leverages and maximizes revenue inputs equally across the board. Follow that with daylight shed on all government contracts to eliminate the abuse, waste and outright fraud that occurs.

[@sn5806]

I hate to break this to you and this is going to be painful as this will obliterate your entire worldview, but you need to hear the truth. Working class people don't pay anywhere near 50% of tax revenue. The top 10% pay more than three quarters of income taxes. I fully understand your desire. You want a budget surplus to pay to fund all sorts of social engineering programs and foreign wars, but you want the rich to pay for it. Here's the reality of the situation. The rich are already paying almost all of the taxes. You could increases personal income taxes on the wealthy and probably increase revenue substantially before capital flight drove that revenue away, but corporate taxes are simply passed on to consumers. The wealthy are already paying for your quixotic desires and frankly, there's a limit to what they can afford. Most of the wealthy have their money tied up in stocks. They don't have hordes of gold or mountains of cash. If you forced them to sell off their businesses to pay for everything you wanted they'd have to let it go at an incredible discount because no one actually has that many dollars. If your goal is to transfer ownership of the American economy to the CCP then just say it, but if you actually want a stable future for our people perhaps you should consider giving up socialism.

[@Joker22593]

Actually, That income tax is the wealthy people paying out their ears. The 1% pays 99% of all income tax. We could have everyone else pay zero income tax and it wouldn't matter. Except that all that additional spending it would free up would grow the income of the wealthy, so the government would make more from their income tax.

[@dannydandaniel8040]

Great guy. Good speech

[@trentp151]

How about we cut all the earmarks and pet-projects? All of those local projects earmarked for specific districts need to be funded by that district, not by stealing from taxpayers on a federal level to build yourself a $5 billion bullet train, and spending all of that money before laying a single stretch of train track? How about we shut down entire (unconstitutional 4th-branch) agencies that don't really serve any purpose other than to soak up US Taxpayer dollars? How about we stop giving foreign countries billions of dollars? How about we ban Congress from trading stocks, which will stop them from juicing the economy with US Taxpayer dollars in areas which they have all invested?

[@bobbya51]

💥💥💥🎯 . Thank you .

[@wheel-man5319]

One day. Didn't you hear the presentation?

[@burtlangoustine1]

Note that his age group all had assured critical thinking skills. Equipped.

[@RunsWithGinger]

How frustrating that he speaks to closed ears. Get him involved with some power in the administration.

[@richsobolesky9990]

I'm no genius , but why isn't this guy a trump pick?

[@sap268]

Maybe because he does not say that Trump won in 2020?

[@supremetrain]

If I could I would immediately have him on boarded to DOGE team at the minimum #MAHA 🇺🇸

[@ericmartin1548]

Agree. All comments are positive. Absolutely sick that nobody cares what he has to say. #DOGE put him to work!

[@Flight042]

Doge is an ADVISING group meant to operate for 2 years. Rep. Schweikert is a congressman who has the vital role of proposing/passing laws that can actually execute these decisions. No need to sacrifice a vital vote in congress for it.

[@Lyndanet]

Bias?

[@meea1971]

I'm am so hopeful by watching congressman like this actually care about America. The solutions to the problems that need to happen to correct all the bureaucratic bs going on in this country. I am glad they are trying to get people to realize we have the means to change and it just takes people to actually act and change. Computers and technology can really help us if they let it.

[@barboglesby2162]

Confusion over orders of operations and Commoncore has ruined math. Guess its back to plain old Arithmetic to get a dependable answer

[@mr.stinker9335]

Tell me why millions are on the hook for a small number of peoples mismanagement, carelessness, fraud, theft, corruption, and so on.

[@grandmarandall5238]

Everything he says makes sense.

[@MrPeterHaller]

Realistically 36 trillion / 10 years is 3.6 trillion a year if we cut spending on nonsense and wars and start improving our economy by building a whole new structure we could master that 36 trillion in no time at all besides who do we really owe the money to who has the debt that we have to pay

[@tipi5586]

The yearly interest acrued is larger than the total military budget, and you'd need to cut two trillion in spending to start with to even approach breaking even, and that will be difficult to achieve. It won't take ten years, it could take a century - if it's ever paid off at all.

[@phoenix9999]

The debt is owed to other countries. And just like interest will have our paying debt forever, the same goes to the U.S.

[@kered1181]

@@phoenix9999 It's owed to banks and citizens too. Anyone who holds the bonds.

[@JohnlivesontheIsleofMannow]

America only has to utilise the energy beneath it to get out of the debt.

[@starscream007]

You are saying this as if that 36 trillion isn’t increasing every second. It’s not repayable since you have increasing interest every year since debt itself is increasing.

[@stephw.6539]

Sheikert, you know that's not true about "incoming staff" having options on how they operate. You know party leadership always wants to choose the new Congress person's chief of staff, they want to make sure the party line is towed. Seems like the party line on both sides is "spend as much money as possible" for their corporate and elite donors.

[@scottb8091]

Why do they always talk about saving social security but never talk about saving their own salaries? It’s funny how congressional paychecks are never in jeopardy.

[@timchad277]

Not sure what I enjoyed more the speech or the beautiful woman sitting behind him acknowledging him.This guy has my vote.Elon needs to pay attention to this guy.

[@femazone6865]

I have said for twenty years, that if a politician doesn't mention the debt with a shoe pounding on the podium, every time they are in front of a mic then they are not representing us!

[@tylershannon6593]

There's not a Democrat in America who is even thinking about the impending disaster their reckless spending WILL lead to in time. Economic meltdown is inevitable, and probably not more than 20 years off.

[@sn5806]

That's the really crazy part isn't it. They're always ranting about the US turning into Gilead from Margaret Atwood's science fiction novel. In reality their reckless fiscal policy is the only thing that could actually lead to that sort of totalitarian regime taking hold.

[@PaulFitzpatrick-b8z]

These are the talks that we should be having , and not whether or not somebody had sex with hookers in a hotel with cocain. Keep up the good fight. It's not going to get you on the panel on Sunday morning talk shows, but it will get you in on the right side of history with the real statesmen of merit.

[@youngmadman13]

If this guy were to run for the presidency, he'd have my vote!

[@koertli]

I sure hope they listen to this guy

[@kayakMike1000]

I always see a lot of empty seats. Why arent the legislators there?

[@bradkindley]

He told us at the beginning of the video

[@bmoreblondie6301]

This poor man always shouts from the roof tops trying to warn all of us an no one ever listens to him 😢😢😢 by time they do it will be to late 😢😢😢😢

[@michaelh2970]

Did everybody eat today? How many didn't?

[@aurorauplinks]

Oh, there may be some solutions for economic issues soon

[@michaelreilly4672]

Schweikert needs to be part of the DOGE team...

[@supremetrain]

I have been thinking this before the DOGE team became a thing this dude cares and gets it

[@JeffersonsTreeHouse]

Agreed, I love Schweikert.

[@mr.stinker9335]

As long as a government borrows money from a private bank, instead of printing its own money. Will show how little they care about the people.

[@Christina-g4s]

What private bank has trillions upon trillions to loan? The fed prints money, that debases currency and that means inflation as each coin loses value

[@suzankephart8461]

221.1 Trillion in unfunded liabilities.

[@chrisdorman-c5r]

Who did the calculation on that. That might be over 70 years. On a persona level, my life is terrrble because it seems like the only reason for me to be around my parents and other immediate relatives is so I am convinced I am a terrible person. Am I around my parents Bonnie and Terry Tipton, and is my purpose of being around my sister Shawn Noone and her husband Jeremy Noone for them to witness me being psychologically destroyed? Am I to be around the nephews Travis and Brandon Noone as well as Alondra Ramirez so they can witness my psychological destruction? Can someone get me out of the situation here in Las Vegas in which I am made to feel like I am isolated failure 24 hours a day non stop. The misery is too much for me.

[@Petrenko2012]

I've always wondered, who exactly do we owe these trillions of dollars to? And what crazy person continues to loan more money to someone who is in so much debt? 🤔

[@Debra-r4o]

I think musk and Vivek need to talk with you!!

[@jameslewan7026]

DOGE needs Schweikert!

[@AdMan-The-LabRat]

I'm under the conception that as the Leggal LandHolder, Property Owner and Master of the plantation there's no expense in the care of and to provide food shelter and protection for the plantation's volunteer labor force. As well as the right to expand that workforce at responsibly

[@stewartabernathy6436]

I'm hoping Trump takes advantage of this man's knowledge, ideas, and fire to fix this problem.

[@Fred_Zepplin]

Sadly As He Recited Numbers All Of The Democrats & Half The Republicans Eyes Glossed Over & Then They Stared At Their Phones!

[@AutomationDnD]

This is excellent. People SHOULD Listen to this, if only to re-think HOW things are done. Or, to TRY to imagining new ways to Make America SUC$$FUL again. We MUST begin manufacturing products and employing people _MEANINGFULY_ (& NOT working in call centers to CENSOR Americans) But actually WORK and get truly leading the world again in Science & Technology.

[@MarkS-lq8ov]

Budget slashing would help

[@michaelcondon8510]

I appreciate he's attempting to make a financial point. The point is. He and his peers have been attempting to do something about Gov't foolishness ever since Christ left Chicago and refused to pay his phone bill. Instead of listening to another Gov't employee, America's going to listen and support Elon's suggestions. They work.

[@brentoutashape9141]

I liken this to the person that pays for everything with their phone or debit card instead of using actual money to pay. Convenience is great, money is all theoretical anyway, right? WRONG. Also, there's the bank fees, the interest rates, the overdraft protection fees, and the sad fact that no one even has a checkbook to balance anymore, so they don't even know how much money they don't have. 20 years ago, debit and credit cards were for major purchases like an appliance, today people are using a Visa card to buy a Red Bull at a gas station because it's "easier." The banks love that, by the way, the gas stations, not so much. The credit card companies charge THEM a fee for taking your payment.

[@jusstsam]

Howdy Forbes. I'm just a guy. I'm excited there are no comments here. Please, someone point David schwikert to Elon musk and rfk....please.....these 3 need to get a room as Erik Wienstein would say. Please....someone get these folks together. I have been listing to this man for years...

[@stormhh7633]

Oh, I am sure they are listening. This is what it's all about

[@MrKen-longrangegrdhogeliminato]

$71,00 per second! Ever since the leftist loonies of the year 1913 taxing the peoples' personnel income/wages! Peoples' taxes have eliminated the need for import, export taxes. I bet we pay a tariff tax to other countries shipping goods to them. Just a old retired trucker ranting here. ❤MAGA! ❤🙏

[@ceasarperez8567]

Countries cannot go insolvent.They could tell the banks to come and get it if they can. end the fed and start government printing

[@skidmoda]

I hope to goodness he works with DOGE and Trump

[@DustyC-y8n]

Yeah do the math. Start with subtraction

[@ruthgallagher9584]

I heard someone describe the deficit this way. Your making 49,000 and spending like u make 70,000...We take in 4,9 trillion and spend 7... Leys cout back and be solvant

[@HaHaHaYouFool9439]

Cant wait for DOGE to get started.

[@GJr-m4t]

David your Redeemer awaits with open arms, accept Christ as your savior

[@sueupham2519]

please keep on trying,,sir, let's get rid of a lot of stuff like protecting certain butter flys and bugs ,, let's get real .some fools have goofed up our nation..please help our new president soon. we love our grandkids too. help !

[@alanmendoza3872]

Aw, thank for beg us in America learning math reply on life and political system. My understand but not only math. Learn states each political system and history. So whoever know what agree or disagree

[@ZakWayne]

We have given Ukraine and Israel over 300 billion dollars each over the past decade. I just saved you over half a trillion over a decade. Y’all don’t want to stop the spending because it’s too hard. Yes, it’s hard but you need to make these choices or we won’t have a country.

[@theresamcgaughey3358]

In Obama time as president I noticed my disability social security check was never raised for 3 yrs, last year of his presidency we got a big whopper raise of 20.00 😂

[@steveladner4346]

Most people in Washington become millionaires almost overnight and are not concerned about "our" future.

[@MEZTLI2023]

I’m going to make my son watch this video. 😤. He still lives in Lala Land.

[@Bcananzey]

Someone needs to tell this guy Democrats think we can just keep printing money. Problems solved

[@mikeperr8701]

No way out except raising the price of gold to infinity to pay off the debt.

[@erickanter]

No way out except soverign debt crisis or hyperinflation.

[@stephenpospahala2767]

My favorite congressman

[@TheChadPad]

This guy is a legend.

[@arnonroyna4420]

The people we pay to be there do NOT successfully run businesses. Why are they NOT THERE?!?!

[@BillWhite-gl4hf]

Obiden has doubled the size of the government in the last four years. Vote everyone unwilling to curb spending out !

[@hammer-and-thumb]

This money will all be printed. Treasuries will be purchased by financial institutions using fractional reserve lending to lend themselves the money to buy the debt, then when the bond payments come due, the bond payments will be paid for by even more debt, along with direct monetization by the Fed via QE. This is why banks are called 'too big to fail,' then 'saved' using printed money: without them there are no buyers large enough to buy all the U.S. debt we need to sell to fund the mess of our government. This is why inflation is running away. The official statistics are actively massaged because the markets depend on data to make decisions and if they could see the truth, we would be sunk as a country. The most dangerous thing anyone can do today is publish accurate data that reflects reality.

[@michah321]

What does he think we should do? His point is Medicare is what's causing this.

[@murknellnewton726]

It’s the industrial complex

[@michah321]

@@murknellnewton726 that's not what he says. he said the military isn't enough to fix it even if there was no military funding

[@murknellnewton726]

@ well I hope it’s not to late to fix, waste of money going to a lot of Non profits and NGO, which is going against the American people what they are doing with the money, ACLU suppose to be for American citizens, now they work for illegal immigrants, make it make sense

[@wheel-man5319]

​@michah321 The MIC isn't the only industrial complex which can capture a government. This is closer to a complex where we ignore the fact that those we have promised to pay are more than those who are paying. If it was up to me (and I'm not saying this is a solution) there would be a term limit for civil service. Simply put there are probably thousands of bureaucRATs similar to Anthony Fauci who have subverted their departments.

[@peterschmidt1453]

The pretty blonde lady behind him gets it.

[@bf6159]

Yup! It's all basic math. And, as demonstrated Administration after Administration, the Ivy League is rather lacking when it comes to math skills. Must be awesome to have a silver spoon in your mouth and no concept of accountability. Birthright vs Performance... these folks get paid to breathe, nothing more.

[@scottmurray247]

When math competency of a voter base stays at grade school level, logical solutions such as these fall on deaf ears. Having Beyonce appear at a political rally is what matters to the uneducated.

[@velob11]

The only honest congressman.

[@ryanwassle4824]

You can touch social security. In 2020 rules changed for social security eligibility so don't see why we can't do it again

[@JohnlivesontheIsleofMannow]

Have you any idea how much money America can make from Energy 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@harrietbaker4484]

Time to get serious with understanding the kindergarten concept of cause and effect and personal responsibility! No one ahould have to pay the coat for other people's bad choices and victim mindset! Take care of yourself because nonkne should have to take care of you! This is freedom!

[@cynthiaaiken2424]

Invest in america

[@lindathompson4770]

How about making a giant spreadsheet starting with Truman showing where all the money comes from and where it goes??? Every Penny!!

[@dans5042]

Stop corporate welfare. Bring back the corporate tax rate to where it was before trump's disastrous corporate tax breaks. Cut military spending. Lift the cap on Social Security tax for the rich.

[@edwinarobinson691]

❤ ❤❤

[@BillLockrey-f5x]

if we all die no one has to pay the bill thats there thinking

[@Magus_Espigon]

If someone could lobby Trump to hear this man in person, it might do plenty of good