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John Faso exchange with Mulvaney on national debt

New York Congressman John Faso discusses the fiscal 2018 budget plan released by the Trump administration the day before with White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney. Faso asks Mulvaney to clarify Medicaid spending a reduction in expected increased Medicaid spending, Mulvaney explaining that the largest line item deals with the scored version of the American health care act, how long the lead time is in working on budgets, Mulvaney affirming there is double counting because it is almost impossible for two large numbers to be added because they contain the some of the same factors. Faso and Mulvaney discuss a Congressional Budget Office report on debt increase over 10 years, Mulvaney answering if government could tax its way to growth and prosperity, every government in the world would have done it a long time ago, that Social Security is the second largest line item in the budget after defense, and restricting SNAP payments to goods with nutritional benefit in order to find further savings.
New York Congressman John Faso discusses the fiscal 2018 budget plan released by the Trump administration the day before with White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney. Faso asks Mulvaney to clarify Medicaid spending a reduction in expected increased Medicaid spending, Mulvaney explaining that the largest line item deals with the scored version of the American health care act, how long the lead time is in working on budgets, Mulvaney affirming there is double counting because it is almost impossible for two large numbers to be added because they contain the some of the same factors. Faso and Mulvaney discuss a Congressional Budget Office report on debt increase over 10 years, Mulvaney answering if government could tax its way to growth and prosperity, every government in the world would have done it a long time ago, that Social Security is the second largest line item in the budget after defense, and restricting SNAP payments to goods with nutritional benefit in order to find further savings.
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May 24, 2017
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