The senator said he didn’t vote for an infrastructure bill that would have helped his state because of the national debt, but he also supported Trump’s tax cuts that added $2 billion to…
“But, sir, respectfully, when Donald Trump was president, you had the tax cut which added $2 trillion to the deficit, according to the CBO, and you didn’t have the commensurate spending cuts,” Wallace pointed out. “So the question is: If you’re not going to have the spending cuts, should you repeal the tax cuts, if the debt and deficit are so vital?”
“I am not raising anybody’s taxes,” Scott responded. “I want lower taxes. I want to watch how we spend our money. I’ve been in the Senate for two years and nine months. The waste is staggering. Americans should be furious with the way money is spent in the Senate and all Congress … We’ve got to figure out how to live within our means.”