Question: your argument is that they keep trying the same exact trick over and over again. their argument is, you've changed. that in 2009 and 2010, you were talking about belt-tightening, you actually were explicit in talking about reforming entitlements. they look back at those years and they say, “where’d you go?”
Answer: well, actually, the truth is, is that circumstances changed. at that time, we were seeing significantly higher deficits, and the economy was just beginning to grow. we now know that we’ve got strong growth. as a consequence, as i argued at the time, the deficits have come down -- they are now below 3 percent of our gdp, our gross domestic product, which is a stable place for us to be. what you have to do is to look at what’s going to keep our economic growth going, what’s going to make sure jobs are being created. if you implement their budget, in the first three years alone we would see about half a percentage point less of economic growth than we currently see. that’s hundreds of thousands of jobs that are eliminated. so to go back to your earlier question though, i do think there’s some areas where we should be able to cooperate. both parties say they want greater infrastructure spending. both parties are talking about simplifying our tax code. if we can find some common ground around that, and if we can recognize that given the economic growth, given the reduction in deficits, now's the time for us to make sure that we are making the investments we need to continue to grow and to keep our country safe, then we can do what senator murray did with congressman ryan, and plus-up both the defense and non-defense budgets. i don’t expect to get 100 percent of what i want, but what we can’t do is go back to the kind of top-down economics that doesn't work.
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  your argument is that they keep trying the same exact trick over and over again. their argument is, you've changed. that in 2009 and 2010, you were talking about belt-tightening, you actually were explicit in talking about reforming entitlements. they look back at those years and they say, “where’d you go?”
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  well, actually, the truth is, is that circumstances changed. at that time, we were seeing significantly higher deficits, and the economy was just beginning to grow. we now know that we’ve got strong growth. as a consequence, as i argued at the time, the deficits have come down -- they are now below 3 percent of our gdp, our gross domestic product, which is a stable place for us to be. what you have to do is to look at what’s going to keep our economic growth going, what’s going to make sure jobs are being created. if you implement their budget, in the first three years alone we would see about half a percentage point less of economic growth than we currently see. that’s hundreds of thousands of jobs that are eliminated. so to go back to your earlier question though, i do think there’s some areas where we should be able to cooperate. both parties say they want greater infrastructure spending. both parties are talking about simplifying our tax code. if we can find some common ground around that, and if we can recognize that given the economic growth, given the reduction in deficits, now's the time for us to make sure that we are making the investments we need to continue to grow and to keep our country safe, then we can do what senator murray did with congressman ryan, and plus-up both the defense and non-defense budgets. i don’t expect to get 100 percent of what i want, but what we can’t do is go back to the kind of top-down economics that doesn't work.