because of the higher costs. that means the government doesn't have to pay for them, and it comes up to $338 billion to help fund the tax plan. it doesn't go all the way. in fact, another sticking point that they are going to be squabbling over is what is the deficit addition going to be, about $1.4 trillion over the next ten years is what the cbo estimates and it's going to be paid for by the exploding economic growth, but there's no guarantee it will explode and there's a debate on how you claw back the tax cuts if the economy is not doing well, and so it's a real conundrum from an economics 101 standpoint. and then the business of the pass through businesses. you are hearing from senator ron johnson and others who are worried this tax plan as it sits right now benefits big business and not smaller business, but pass through businesses, about 69% of all pass through income