We just prevented a massive tax increase. I think that has to be on the table. I think a couple of you have mentioned that we are actually decreasing discretionary spending. No, We're not [decreasing discretionary spending]. I mean, I'm looking at CBO's estimate here. It's going up every year. Plus, if you're taking a look at, you know, how much of the added deficit is because of revenue versus spending, you're comparing spending from 20, you know, at not the 4.4 trillion pre pandemic level. (00:54–01:06)
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Asserts that discretionary spending is increasing annually according to CBO estimates.
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