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Treasury department show washington ran a $208 billion deficit last month, up 41% from the year before. the deficit year-to-date, $739 billion. now, the deficit ballooned as the government spent more on the military, veterans affairs, social security, and medicare. you typically see deficits decrease in a strong economy. job growth has been strong, wages are rising. however, the treasury is taking in less money because of tax cuts for corporations and individuals led by that 2017 republican tax reform. an aging american population will drive up medicare and social security spending sharply in ...

What is this? the budget? >> yeah. we'll get to the space stuff in just a moment. this is a $4.4 trillion spending plan. let's begin with the cuts. medicaid and medicare. $250 billion for medicaid over ten years. cuts to the food stamp program. $214 billion over ten years. the epa, this will get some tongues wagging. $208 billion in cuts. a 34% cut. by the way, virtually eliminates all climate change related programs. let's take a look at the boosts. defense spending. heard a lot about this of the $716 billion going to the mel teary. healthcare for the veterans. the opioid crisis response, $13...

Debt. chris: but the fact is there is no evidence that tax cuts pay for themselves. the reagan tax cut back in 1981 added $208 billion to the deficit over four years. the bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 added 1 and a half trillion dollars to the debt over ten years. mr. mulvaney you can argue that tax cuts spur economic growth. i think that's a perfectly legitimate argument, there is no evidence that they pay for themselves. >> well, just look at the facts and you can go back, chris, and make an assumption and run some numbers but if we have 3% growth, which what we are trying to get, where we ...

Debt. chris: but the fact is there is no evidence that tax cuts pay for themselves. the reagan tax cut back in 1981 added $208 billion to the deficit over four years. the bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 added 1 and a half trillion dollars to the debt over ten years. mr. mulvaney you can argue that tax cuts spur economic growth. i think that's a perfectly legitimate argument, there is no evidence that they pay for themselves. >> well, just look at the facts and you can go back, chris, and make an assumption and run some numbers but if we have 3% growth, which what we are trying to get, where we ...