In fact, we had the director of CBO here just in the last couple weeks testified, and I asked him the question: How much is the deficit and the deficit that has resulted from the Trump taxes? He couldn't give us a number.
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There are things that we may want to do, but we simply don't have the money.
Unbridled debt, an uncontrollable debt, would be an existential threat to this country.
But we certainly have tax-cut our way into it. And the deficits that have been created by the Trump tax cuts are unprecedented in our nation's history.
We cannot tax our way out of this problem. And to believe we can do so is being intellectually dishonest.
If money were not an object, we wouldn't have to worry about spending and funding all sorts of great programs.
The cost of living is going up, but paychecks aren't keeping up.
Jobs that are going away are primarily going away because of automation.
Automation is relentless and it's going to accelerate.
I'm proud because her vision of stronger together, building an economy that works for all, not just those at the top.
The fact that under this past administration was of which Hillary Clinton was a part, we've almost doubled the national debt is atrocious.
Unemployment has fallen below 5 percent.
This is going to be the world's largest market.
I can take conservative policies to the White House, to Washington, to restore the strength of our economy.
We are the only country on Earth that allows private insurance companies to rip us off.
We have to create an economy that works for working families, not just billionaires.
I have plans to raise incomes and deal with a lot of the problems that keep families up at night.