Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

I hope that we can look forward to a day when we can have a sober and sensible discussion about that here in Congress.

I think we were talking more about this graph, which I think is yours, that shows the adjusted forecast Federal spending.

So even Kentucky sees it coming. They just see it in a different light.

And a tax expenditure of $1 has the same effect on the debt and the deficit as direct spending of a $1.