I mean the one big beautiful bill, 1.5 trillion sounds like a lot, but over 10 years it's only $150 billion. So barely a rounding here. So again, I found that disappointing. So My policy goal would be to do everything I can to enact additional spending reductions to return to a reasonable pre-pandemic level spending. or get close, put ourselves on a path, at least turn the, you know, turn the deficit curve down. Right now it's still skyrocketing. Bend that arc down and stop. (19:07–19:22)
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