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Defense. the germans punch way under their weight on the international stage. very interesting today to see the new french president smirking in the background when president trump made his remarks. it demonstrates the arrogance that you see in many european countries, and the deep-seeded anti-americanism that exists in countries like france. but french freedom has relied on this defense for so many decades, and it would be very good for mr. macron appreciated that. >> jenna: a different scenari...

Social security and medicare, despite the fact that they face major financing challenges. that means there is a huge amount of pressure on a very small sliver of the budget. the areas where we have public investments and programs for kids and welfare programs. and, yes, many of these things there are savings to be found, there are overhauls, but you cant balance the budget from that small a piece of the budget. so we need to not take things off of the table when figuring out how to get to balanc...

Programs, welfare programs, children health insurance p progr programs, other non-defense spending to the tune of $3.3 trillion over ten years. much more cutting than adding to this budget. the goal is to get a balanced budget in ten years, meaning a budget in which the amount of revenue brought in through taxes is greater than or equal to the amount spent. the cut spending, we will see slashed taxes. we havent seen a proposal. weve seen a one-page outline that says tax reform is coming. obvious...

About the presidents budget. is it dead on arrival? >> yes. >> you have a lot of benghazis in the making if this became law. >> it will be a catfight here in the congress. >> short and to the point for senators on both sides of the aisle. on the presidents new budget proposal to help guide us through the details of it is msnbcs ali velshi. this is, obviously, a wish list. >> yes, night its the articulation of the governments priorities. lets get to that first part of it. this is winners. these a...

Velshi. break down this budget for us. >> $4.1 trillion budget taking effect on october 1st. you usually see a budget proposal in the spring from the white house, gets bandied about for a while. these are the priorities outlined. u.s. military, border security and law enforcement over ten years which is the way i like to look at a budget. we are talking about a $500 billion increase to these areas. this number is relevant because the cuts in this budget are going to total $3.3 trillion. the lose...

Budget proposal, michael warren puritan, sr., writer. i want to ask you, dont these cuts take a aimed at trump reporters? >> we should add that this is a requirement of the law for the president to submit a budget. everyone behind me on capitol hill says thanks very much, we are writing our own budget. this is a list of priorities from the president and to the question goes to a fundamental issue. there is infrastructure spending in here. there is an increase in defense spending and theres also ...

Dollar increase to those parts of the budget. losers, medicaid, something donald trump said he wouldnt touch. welfare programs going down. other nondefense spending. were seeing a $500 billion increase in spending on the page i just showed you versus a $3.3 trillion cut over ten years in this sort of spending. so these are the winners and losers. now, here is the issue. they are looking at balancing the budget. the idea that you spend only as much as you take in in a given year and you dont run ...

You know, its just ridiculous,r and i dont know whos giving him that advice. but, honestly, if we had had pay-for in the 1920s, we never would have had the roaring 20s, and goodness knows we would not have had the reagan revolution in the 80s. paul: okay, youre saying lets just cut the rate, youll get a lot more revenues than you think coming back anyway -- >> definitely. paul: and thatll take care of itself over time as the economy ratchets up its growth rate. >> yeah, you want to have revenue ...

Youd find something to cut taxes if youre going to raise them. its just ridiculous and i dont know who is giving that advice. we never wouldve have the roaring 20s. and goodness knows we would not had have the reagan revolution in 80s. the revenue neutrality just get -- forget about that. that will take care of itself over time as the economy ratchets up the growth rate. that is the way you want to do it. you dont want to cut welfare programs when the economy is in bad shape like this to pay for...

When the american people were calling tr repeal of obamacare. replacement is is a politicians response to the left and media to demand that there be a rep s replacement if you repeal obamacare. that was the beginning of the end. and then they came in and wrote a bill that i call obama blight. it kept all the infrastructure, it kept subsidies, it kept welfare programs, it kept all the things that obamacare has except tr taxes and mab dates. it was doomed to failure from the beginning. i see this ...