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2009 when obama-biden tried to push a $787 billion infrastructure program, less than 5% of that actually went to roads, bridges and highways. it's that same formula. but nancy pelosi and others make that number so exorbitant. they make it so ridiculously high that it feels like oh, look how reasonable we are to take it down to $1.7 trillion. are you kidding me? they act as if we don't already have more than $4 trillion budget that's going out the door already plus all the stimulus dollars that are going out the door. but they don't want infrastructure. they want to grow government. that's what...

Good. but going forward, if we want to expand it, which i think is great. i'd like to just know how are we going to pay for it. >> noel, you're looking at such a small-- it's $5 billion out of a 787 billion dollar defense reauthorization and you're saying how are we going to pay for this? how are we going to pay for the other 780 million dollars? >> and deficits sadly not resonating as an issue. not yet and one wonders why it's not resonating in the republican party. mick mulvaney, a tea party guy, interviewing hem earlier this week, he says it doesn't seem like it's getting traction. at some ...

>> once you go to the t-word you can't go back. now is like who can give us more? i have $3 trillion, $5 trillion, what about $10 trillion? remember all the political pushback when president obama had this $787 billion stimulus plan. people were like are you kidding me? that's almost a trillion bucks. that would be a drop in the bucket. >> bill: how did this happen? >> democrats are pointing to the 1.5 trillion dollar tax -- president trump's tax plan saying it legitimizes what we want to do. the federal reserve can create $4 trillion out of thin air we should be able to do the same thing. you...

Unemployment karining are. a con sense among economists we desperately need to inject stimulus into the economy. the white house proposed a package which totaled $787 billion in tax cuts and federal spending by the time president obama signed into law a month after his inauguration. the republicans who had just spent the duration of the bush years exploding deficits through bush tax cuts, war spending and meds care part d suddenly on a dime got deficit religion. that stimulus bill that president obama was pushing got a grand total of three republican votes in the senate and zero not one, zero ...

Receive a tax cut, and i think it's even upwards of 90% depending who you're talking to. this is real money for hard working americans. >> when you are saying $800 didn't is matter. i covered barack obama. he made a big deal. and the congressman will remember, hashtag $40. that's what you got in the paycheck and the democrats said this is a big deal. talk about crumbs. >> i think she said, actually. >> democrats spent, remember when barack obama did this, $787 billion, and most people didn't feel it, and ed's exactly right. they were bragging about 40 bucks. >> the companies are saying $1,000 ...