Well, overall, these Republicans are always talking. They had their balanced budget amendment, which was really a way to protect the tax breaks that they gave their billionaire buddies. But overall, The estimates have been anywhere from two and a half to $5 trillion that they actually added to the debt as a result of the big [tax bill]. ugly bill to shift to the wealthiest. A bunch of that is the wealthy and these corporations, I don't have it broken down, but they're the ones that benefited the most from this bill. (15:01–15:11)
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