So we need to look not only at the discretionary spending we're going, we need to look at the so called mandatory spending, which is on autopilot. And yes, Medicare and Social Security are off the table. We're not going to be talking about those. We need to address those at some point. But we can only do that with bipartisan support. And then there are things like the tax code, which is more than just deductions and credits. (14:10–14:15)
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