In addition, this is a vote about paying for the tax cuts in 2001 and 203 that continued right through 2010 based upon the mistaken notion theology that was applied suggesting that in fact tax cuts pay for themselves. This is about a turnaround of a projected surplus of $5 trillion that instead became ongoing deficits in debt noted for the ill-conceived policies that many of our friends on the other side embraced. under the hubris of suggesting that you can have it all. When else in American history, when else have we embraced the idea enunciated not long ago by the former … (01:00–01:23)
CLAIM
Asserts that a projected $5 trillion surplus turned into ongoing deficits due to certain policies.
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