"But we are not, we are not on a sustainable path."
"I am running out of time--it is $17 trillion, okay?"
"How can you claim that you are cutting deficits?"
"I would say that the number one economic problem is our debt and deficit, and I would say that the top three causes of inflation are massive deficit spending; the war on fossil fuels, which has driven..."
"But our trillions of dollars of deficit spending, trillions of dollars printed chasing too few goods, that's what caused inflation, and that's what was promoted by this President."
"Should it be 50 percent? Should they pay 70 percent of the total income tax? Should they pay 50 percent of total tax?"
"So, I think my question for you is at what point would you consider the wealthy paying their fair share?"
"Democrats abused the budget reconciliation process to fast track a $2 trillion liberal wish list that sparked the highest inflation that we've seen in 40 years."
"You get out of this budget situation not by growing taxes, but by growing the economy."
"You're actually increasing the deficit by about $300 billion in 2024 is your projection over the 2023 projection."
"I will say the tax reform worked in spurring economic growth."