Thursday, October 5, 2017

Did budget director Mick Mulvaney flip-flop on higher deficits? | PolitiFact

President Donald Trump’s budget director raised eyebrows during a recent appearance on Fox News Sunday when he seemed to display a tolerance for bigger deficits.

Mick Mulvaney’s comments came during a discussion of Trump’s tax plan, which, due to a variety of tax cuts, has been independently projected to add nearly $5.6 trillion to the federal debt over the next 20 years when compared to the current path of debt growth.

Host Chris Wallace reminded Mulvaney about his tenure in the House, when Mulvaney often took a hard line on deficits and the debt. "You were a deficit hawk," Wallace said. "What happened, sir?"...
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/oct/04/mick-mulvaney/did-budget-director-mick-mulvaney-flip-flop-higher/


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