and liberal policy expert and strategist erica payne. let me begin with you. thanks for coming back. everybody begins, cbo, republican, that over the next two years this will add close to $1 trillion to the deficit. where are you going to cut to square the circle? you can't be both for the trillion dollar tax cut without cutting an equal a. spending if you're going to be true to your principles, as i understand. >> i think the new house majority is going to come up with those tax cuts. also, some of the welfare and domestic programs. you can't say after 19 months of 9% plus unemployment now's the time to raise taxes. it's not. that's the worst stretch of unemployment since world war ii. that's no time to raise taxes on folks. >> i'll concede the tax cuts for people who make less than a certain amount certainly are stimulative. if you're making 50 grand a year and you add a few hundred dollars into your paycheck, you'll go out and spend that money and that has a stimulative effect on commit. when the senate voted a week or so ago they had a choice to vote for t