MSNBC's Joe Scarborough says the GOP tax plan steals $1.5 trillion from millennials
"Millennials, you just had $1.5 trillion stolen from you," MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said on Morning Joe on Monday, referring to the $1.5 trillion the Republican tax plan is predicted to add to the federal deficit, and thus the national debt, in the next decade. "Past Congresses have stolen $20 trillion from you," he continued, citing the current national debt total, "and over the next ten years, they're going to steal another $10 trillion from you. And they're going to die, and then you're going to be left holding the bill."
Scarborough went on to level charges of irresponsibility at both parties, criticizing both for their role in growing the national debt to its present size. Particularly if the GOP tax bill weakens the economy, he mused, it will "turn a lot of people into socialists." Watch his comments in context below. Bonnie Kristian
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