It took us quite a bit of time to get here. You mentioned in the Reagan years, he was trying to work on discretionary spending. Since [the Reagan years], the discretionary spending pie has shrunk, and more of it has become mandatory spending. which is on autopilot. To your point. The mandatory spending is what is the real problem. But it's the third rail of politics that no one wants to touch. (03:43–37:09)
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