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Coming year is stuff that congress has done in the last couple of years. >> so joe, jump in. >> so steve you're saying if congress hadn't busted the budget caps they put in place in 2011, we would be looking at deficit of $440 billion. ing instead of over $1 trillion? >> that's correct. the spending caps and the tax cut that they gave which mostly went to business and wealthy individuals. yeah. that is exactly right. >> when you have politicians -- there have been politicians, paul ryan said it himself. there's nothing that we can do about it, it was going to move this direct no matter what. t...

I want to show you how the deficit is a self-inflicted problem. we can show a chart that shows you that the deficit before congress got involved in all of this, over the last few years is going to be $440 billion in the coming fiscal year. which is obviously a significant amount of money. but in the last three years, we've done a number of things, first we have the famous tax bill, $290 billion of which only about 13% goes to the average american, the rest is for wealthy americans and business. we had a bipartisan spending deal that got passed not long ago, increased by more than 10% spending ...

This adds anywhere between 1.5 and 2.2 trillion to the national debt. are you comfortable with that? >> well, i'm not comfortable with adding to the national debt ever. i think the numbers are lower. it's about $440 billion over a decade. eventually it pays for itself. under every estimate, it varies which one you read, it speeds up growth. there's parts of this i like. a lot of it. i like doubling the standard deduction. i think that helps people at the bottom end. i like the expanded child tax credit. that's a good thing. frankly, i like the fact that most of the rates are lower. i would hav...

I'm ceo and co-founder of who's your landlord a web app helping renters find their next home. today in the u.s. the rental industry is booming. over 35% of us are renters and collectively we spend $440 billion on rent last year. over half are under the age of 30. two years ago after realizing there was a lack of transparency we launched the app. we're partnered and paid partnerships with target and we have partnerships with several large landlord associations in philadelphia and d.c. and charge members $20 to $100 to post listings. we'll expand our reach into cities to reach over 100,000 month...

Relentless." >> hi. i'm ceo and co-founder of who's your landlord a web app helping renters find their next home. today in the u.s. the rental industry is booming. over 35% of us are renters and collectively we spend $440 billion on rent last year. over half are under the age of 30. two years ago after realizing there was a lack of transparency we launched the app. we're partnered and paid partnerships with target and we have partnerships with several large landlord associations in philadelphia and d.c. and charge members $20 to $100 to post listings. we'll expand our reach into cities to reac...