Lisa Desjardins:
OK, this is important. I want to take people through here. It’s simply the math.
So, looking at this, there are four main prongs we have talked about that Republicans and Trump want to do here in Congress. One, extend the Trump tax cuts, expand them, also fund border security, and cut the deficit. The total cost, you see, of those is estimated between $5 trillion and $11 trillion.
But how much the House Republicans are budgeting right now, just $4.5 trillion. So to make up that difference, Geoff, you can’t just cut employees. It’s not going to save you remotely that kind of money. Instead, you have got to talk about entitlement programs, things like Medicaid, that affect many hundred — many millions of Americans.
And Trump saying Medicaid’s off the table, that’s not where Republicans are right now. So pay very close attention to what happens with these programs that a lot of people care about.
