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Conservative estimate from the joint tax committee. what is your own projection? >> first, i'm glad to talk about deficits because it's one of the discussions just left completely out of this entire tax reform debate. the whole purpose of refor to help grow the economy in a way that would generate more revenues and make the debt better. they pulled way back from that as a goal. now we're talking about how much is this going to make the debt worse. the joint tax committee which is very credible, estimates that we're going to add another trillion dollars to the debt after economic growth. and i ...

With paul ryan, the more he has to answer questions and the more he risks being exposed as a fraud. because when he gets pressed on these very conservative positions that he's built this mythic media brand on, then he's going to have to explain the numbers and he's not going to be able to say i don't have time because if the moderator is smart he'll say we'll give you the time you need. >> let's not pretend that paul ryan doesn't know how to lie about this stuff. he was the originator of the here's my huge tax cut that will be paid for somewhat by closing loopholes, but i can't tell you what t...

Ryan doesn't know how to lie about this stuff. he was the originator of the here's my huge tax cut that will be paid for somewhat by closing lo loopholes, but i can't tell you what the loopholes are. >> the magic thinking and dynamic scoring and whatever phrase of washington you want to use. i can't explain it to you people. it's interesting because ryan can't explain it to us because it's clearly to complicated for our pae brains where romney doesn't feel like he has to explain himself just because. ryan doesn't want to explain himself because we're too stupid to understand it. the math doesn...

David, i'm going to begin with you, is there a magic pill that anticipate deficit reduction and in the process takes america by leaps and bounds into the 21st century. can it be done, sir? >> i don't think so. that's magic thinking, which is exactly what was wrong, it was a pond russ possession of piety and plat attitudes, inovase, education, more r&d, but when it came to asking american people for sacrifices, when it capes to proposing or recommending tough choices where it will make a difference on the budget, the position was basically radio silence. we need a huge reduction and demobilizat...