added over the next decade. nearly a trillion to the deficit in the next year. an increase of 89% from last year's projections. no matter what numbers you throw out, they ain't pleasant. let's bring back alex burns and a.b. stoddard. when you have the pursestrings, you tend to spend more. what is the theory of the case from the white house about why the spending and the deficits are worth it? >> well, in fairness to president trump, he did, of course, in a trumpian fashion some point in the campaign he could balance the budget in a couple of years. but that was -- that was an entire campaign built on the fact that he was going to offer a deeper safety net, never touch entitlement spending which is the driver of our debt and