And for anyone really wondering whether they would actually do that, we know that they will because they've done it before. In 2017, during the first Trump presidency, Republicans seemed fine saying they could afford hundreds of billions of dollars in permanent tax cuts for large corporations. I remember the arguments back then. This is going to grow the economy, they said. In time, it will reduce the debt. They said that didn't happen. (07:19–07:36)
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