three grandchildren and a mother and a sister. the federal debt reaches the high watermark topping $23 trillion this weekend that amount grew by billions just this month and has prompted some politicians to tackle the issue head on and we have more from washington the national debt is a grimly milestone passing trillion dollars for the first time in more than $30 billion in the last 30 days under president trump the debt quickly rising after domestic and military spending also growing the number with the tax overhaul from 2017 costing one.$5 trillion they are not talking much about the debt these days but making a big splash on the campaign trail. politicians have no plans how to pay for them the
blaming a $2.3 billion budget shortfall on a key component of the 2017 tax overhaul, pointing to the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions as the reason the top earns are fleeing the empire state. cuomo paid a visit to the white house to lobby president trump to repeal the salt deductions, days before amazon announced it is scrapping plans to build a second headquarters in new york city, drawing new attention to new york s unfriendly business climate. scott hodge is president of the tax foundation. good to see you again. i want to ask about the amazon decision first, all right. the state and city were offering amazon $3 billion in subsidies and yet amazon walked away. what do you make of that decision? why do you think they did it? i think there seems to be a populist objection, a revolt, these sort of give-aways
manafort, i think there s nothing there. paul: all right. thank you all. still ahead, new york s high tax woes, as governor andrew cuomo lobbies president trump to repeal a key component of his 2017 tax overhaul when amazon scrapped plans for a new york city headquarters, the latest on both, next. yeah, i thought doing some hibachi grilling would help take my mind off it all. maybe you could relieve some stress by calling geico for help with our homeowners insurance. geico helps with homeowners insurance? they sure do. and they could save us a bundle of money too. i m calling geico right now. cell phone? it s ringing. get to know geico and see how much you could save on homeowners and condo insurance.
survived by his daughter and three grandchildren and a mother and a sister. the federal debt reaches the high watermark topping $23 trillion this weekend that amount grew by billions just this month and has prompted some politicians to tackle the issue head on and we have more from washington the national debt is a grimly milestone passing trillion dollars for the first time in more than $30 billion in the last 30 days under president trump the debt quickly rising after domestic and military spending also growing the number with the tax overhaul from 2017 costing one.$5 trillion they are not talking much about the debt these days but making a big splash on the campaign trail. politicians have no plans
highly problematic. paul: that was new york governor andrew cuomo this week, blaming a $2.3 billion budget shortfall on a key component of the 2017 tax overhaul, pointing to the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions as the reason the top earns are fleeing the empire state. cuomo paid a visit to the white house to lobby president trump to repeal the salt deductions, days before amazon announced it is scrapping plans to build a second headquarters in new york city, drawing new attention to new york s unfriendly business climate. scott hodge is president of the tax foundation. good to see you again. i want to ask about the amazon decision first, all right. the state and city were offering amazon $3 billion in subsidies and yet amazon walked away. what do you make of that decision? why do you think they did it? i think there seems to be a