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I said, exploded, more than tripled during the pandemic but it was rising sharply under trump in large part because of his major tax cuts. in 2015 and 2016 under president obama it was $485 billion. under trump it kept going up. so, yes, we should be skeptical of president bidens own deficit boasts, but its not like president trump and republicans have some sort of high ground here. >> daniel dale, as always, thank you for making sense of it all. >> thank you. president biden will deliver a sp...

Came up w. innovative solution that would still preserve many of the most important exont components of obamacare. draconian penalties, saving about $300 billion in taxes. 485 billion in spending. the big feature of graham-cassidy thats been very ache attractive to a number of governors is block granting to the states. people closest to the folks in need can decide how to best administer those funds. lets get the money closest to the pacialght. and lets remember why we are doing this lady and ge...

Are down 15% largely because of the drop in oil. >> can we talk about the growth of walmart quickly. great list as always. 485 billion in projected sales this year. it was quote, just 82 million back in 1995. so in twenty years, walmart has grown its sales by almost 500%. >> how have they done that? >> selling more stuff. >> every day low prices sam. >> i just thought it was funny, brian said all of these companies are in china are government owned. walmart runs our government right, they get wh...

Regulation on coal fired power plant. >> increase between 2-3% in electricity rate. 45,000 lives lost evidence year. $485 billion in economic cost from health problems. this administration said it seeks to balance the economic and environmental considerations in deciding on regulations. >> bret: six west coast senators want the justice department to see if the recent spike were result of false information. they want to know if the maintenance shutdown were accurate. gas prices soared to $4 a gal...

Beautiful state. we are told that they are going to get down and dirty on the data. that could be interesting. what do you think? >>guest: entitlements are consuming the budget. two-thirds of our budget is entitlements. if you are an elected official and you are unwilling to look at reforming the entitlement you should not be in office. this could be a good discussion to talk about entitlements. >>neil: just over the last four years they have green markedly and we asked some of these, just what ...

Economy. they grow fairly well. they have a lot of industries. its a very well-diversified group. the real problem that europe is going to run into is spain. because its nearly as large as italy. it has at least as much debt, but nowhere near the ability to grow out of the problem the way italy can. germa germanys got a robust economy, france isnt bad, italy isnt bad. spain is really going to be a problem. >> and portugal, easily. >> portugal similar to greece. look, you take portugal, take gree...

Education spending is insane. most states the property taxes fund public schooling. in new york i pay a high property tax. also, education is not about money. it is about discipline. as you know, if you read bold fresh there were 60 kids, six zero, in my school class. one nun. somehow all of the kids learned the basics, even me. and the school didnt have money at all. the feds have an obligation to help schools in poor district. there is no obligation to spend $77 billion a year to supplement lo...

Most have property taxes. here in new york i pay exor bit tently high property tax. education is not about money. its about discipline. as you know, if you read bold fresh, there were 60 kids, 6-0. in my saint bridges school class. one nun. somehow all the kids learned the basics, even me. and the school didnt have any money at all. the feds have an obligation to help schools in poor districts and to impose academic standards on any school receiving federal dollars. there is no obligation to spe...

Lexus gp460, giving it a rare dont buy safety risk warning. consumer reports says certain routine tests, the rear of the vehicle slid until it was nearly sideways, the magazine says that could cause a rollover. well, uncle sam could be setting a course for financial ruins. within ten years, more than 20 percent of americas gross domestic product will go to interest on our debt, possibly the only way to pay down what we owe, the nation wracking up more than $485 billion in debt in just the past...

Lies, damn lies and statistics but the facts are that when bush -- in bushs last year, 2008, the deficit was $485 billion. the fiscal year begins october 1st, in this case, 2008. right before bush left office and the deficit rose another $100, $150 billion up to about $600 billion which was the real deficit at that point. then the tarp money comes along and they have to lend it to the banks. $700 billion. but its a loan. its not a grant. $500 billion of it has been paid back already but it count...