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That, so we're stuck with doing that for the ten-year budget window using this process. so we would like to move that tax cut up early, as early as we can. that's part of what we're going to use the savings from repealing this $43 billion regressive tax on low income americans known as the individual mandate tax. >> neil: senator, do you think that whatever savings you get from this -- again, it's a moving target. i understand that. that you would offer up even more favorable rates than the 1% cut that you offer now for the upper income to make it a more generous cut? because they'll be paying...

Frustration the first time the aca died because there's about a trillion dollars of tax cuts in this plan. >> again, this is money -- you can shuffle money around. what they were basically talking about was that if you didn't repeal the aca taxes now, then you'd have to use some of the money you might want to use for other tax cuts to repeal the aca taxes or some of them anyway later. that's what they're talking about. >> but when you look at the balance sheet of this bill and the cbo score of the first one, right, you're basically reducing federal expenditures on health insurance by about a t...

Other 75% roughly is what people call entitlement spending. in may we'll address the ten-year budget window, tax flows and larger approximately policy changes and health care reforms. >> are you pledging a balanced budget in may? >> no, we're trying to get it to balance within the ten-year budget window which is what the house and the senate would have in ten years. >> the goal is to have a balanced budget in ten years and you will add to the debt every single year for the next ten years. >> it's very difficult -- >> that's not what candidate trump said. candidate trump said this will be very ...

Neutral to the deficit last year isn't congress. >> keep in mind what a budget blueprint is and this is traditional for the first year of a new administration. obama did it, bush did it. what this is is a spending outline. all it is as you mentioned is the discretionary spending part of the budget. that's only 25% of what the government spends. the other 75% roughly is the mandatory, what some people call entitlement spending. in may we'll introduce the full budget to address the ten-year budget window, tax flows, larger policy changes, health care reforms. >> are you pledging a balanced budge...

In may we'll address the ten-year budget window, tax flows and larger approximately see changes and health care reforms. >> are you pledging a balanced budget in may, no, we're trying to get it to balance within the ten-year budget window which is what the house and the senate would have in ten years. >> the goal is to have a balanced budget in ten years and you will add to the debt every single year for the next ten years. >> it's very difficult -- >> that's not what candidate trump said. candidate trump id this will be vy easy. as it turns out this is not easy and it's complicated, too? >> i...