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I'm closer to the position of a deficit hawk. >> with me now, republican representative ryan costello of california who plans to retire from congress at the end of this term. good to have you here. >> good to be with you. >> mitch mcconnell was wrong. >> he would be right about the fact if we grow at four tenths of a point on average high over ten years, you don't have the estimated trillion dollar deficit. >> if we grew it 8 act, we could all have ponies for everyone. >> four tenths is not that much on a ten-year average if you're combining it with other pro-growth policies. >> it's expanded ...

But that's fine. >> it has done that. i guess the other question is, again, i don't care personally, because i'm like a deficit dove. i don't think it's that big a deal, honestly. but there was everyone saying, i mean lots of independent analysts were saying this is a tax cut, this is not revenue neutral. it started out as revenue reform. it wasn't. what i find frustrating, mitch mcconnell said it was when it wasn't. >> we didn't know what the projection was until it came out. i would take issue with the projections. i would also say we have over 100 billion more in individual and payroll tax ...