the vast majority of stock is owned by the top 5%. it is true that a lot of americans bought a very tiny amount of stock indirectly but the fact is that when you increase the deficit by $2.3 trillion, that s an additional debt laura: so now you are a deficit hawk? i m against laura: i am too, by the way. you guys were against budget caps. you didn t want to do the budget caps. obama was dragged kicking and screaming for the sequester caps. i was all for those. a lot of big spending. the level of spending is consistent with the levels it was under the reagan administration. laura: what did obama do for spending? the only reason you got it under control as they had to do the sequester caps because we were blowing through it. we couldn t afford these fact on my tax cuts. they want overwhelmingly to the top into the giant corporations and they impose an additional $30,000 of debt on the average family of five.
president trump and secretary mattis. we saw two more planes fall out of the sky last night, we finally restored air superiority in this field. given our troops a pay raise. there are tremendous president trump republican priorities in this bill. laura: i ve got to get in on this sequester cap. i know this was considered a very high make harsh measure. when the sequester caps were in, he didn t decrease spending, they decreased the rate of increase in spending, crazy washington speak. there were cutbacks, but the cutbacks are across-the-board. in the budget deficit under obama, and for a few years, did begin to go down. now republicans are in charge, like, well, the military needs another 300 million and this project needs a couple $20 billion here and $30 billion here, and we turn around, and the republicans are the party of big spending, congressman. so how do we, as conservatives,
president trump and secretary mattis. we saw two more planes fall out of the sky last night, we finally restored air superiority in this field. given our troops a pay raise. there are tremendous president trump republican priorities in this bill. laura: i ve got to get in on this sequester cap. i know this was considered a very high make harsh measure. when the sequester caps were in, he didn t decrease spending, they decreased the rate of increase in spending, crazy washington speak. there were cutbacks, but the cutbacks are across-the-board. in the budget deficit under obama, and for a few years, did begin to go down. now republicans are in charge, like, well, the military needs another 300 million and this project needs a couple $20 billion here and $30 billion here, and we turn around, and the republicans are the party of big spending, congressman. so how do we, as conservatives,
two week span he s completely flipped, is basically invisible at the white house yesterday. that s not what leadership looks like. oddly that meeting and we ll talk more about the president s leadership style that was the beginning of the end in the sense the president said i want an act of love. within 48 hours he had lurched back to the right. you could see this going on for a long time. the spending issues are not the issues. it s hard for republicans. one of the issues is breaking the so-called sequester caps, more spending for the military. that s a hard one for some people. they can figure that out. the quicksand is the immigration issue which for the last decade plus has been the intractable issue in washington. will the republicans give in to the democrats? they re not going to give it to them as part of a deal but maybe a promise to move to it next. here s pressure on the republican. don t let schumer shutdown make
awe-inspiring place. l 3 ceo is there as well. michael, very good to have you. all of this comes at a time, the tax cuts and then the budget stuff and then we re going to be hearing tax that they want a free spending level and john mckeane and others want to increase that and others say if you increase that, increase defense spending. your thoughts. it s encouraging even now because some of the discussion has been, one, the sequester caps have yet to be raised and we really can t increase our defense spending beyond those caps and the law. here we are in december already and those caps have still not been raised so that s concerning. there was an ambitious list of initiatives put on the table a year ago that included, you know, health care, infrastructure tax reform, and more national security spending and that s all great, but how do