Scott Adams

Because if you have a complicated story about, well, this is up and this is down and this might go sideways, but when you put it all together, you should do whatever it is I'm asking you to do. It's not going to work. because there are too many numbers and it's complicated and there's variables.

Because if you have a complicated story about, well, this is up and this is down and this might go sideways, but when you put it all together, you should do whatever it is I'm asking you to do. It's not going to work. because there are too many numbers and it's complicated and there's variables.

So if you want to persuade somebody, if possible, you want to take the message down to one number, as long as that number is a wisely chosen one. I'll give you an example. The one number that I care about with all these spending packages, and by the way, the latest spending package, according to Stephen Miller, is not a spending package. It's just a package in which they're spending.

So if you want to persuade somebody, if possible, you want to take the message down to one number, as long as that number is a wisely chosen one. I'll give you an example. The one number that I care about with all these spending packages, and by the way, the latest spending package, according to Stephen Miller, is not a spending package. It's just a package in which they're spending.

It's so ridiculous that we're having this conversation because the public says if your package is spending money, you're a spending package. And we don't care if you use different words within Congress. Oh, it's a rescission, this or that. Great. You can use your different words internally. But if you're spending my money and there's a bill involved, It's a spending bill.

It's so ridiculous that we're having this conversation because the public says if your package is spending money, you're a spending package. And we don't care if you use different words within Congress. Oh, it's a rescission, this or that. Great. You can use your different words internally. But if you're spending my money and there's a bill involved, It's a spending bill.

Sorry, I'm not going to back off from that. You're going to have to meet me halfway. It's a spending bill.

Sorry, I'm not going to back off from that. You're going to have to meet me halfway. It's a spending bill.

all right but if you have a spending bill in the context of a big deficit that might kill us all what's the one number that if you could produce it you would understand exactly what you're getting from the bill you know beyond the details of of what's in there but in terms of the spending the one number you need

all right but if you have a spending bill in the context of a big deficit that might kill us all what's the one number that if you could produce it you would understand exactly what you're getting from the bill you know beyond the details of of what's in there but in terms of the spending the one number you need

is how much does it add to or subtract from the debt and i'm going to say over three years because the cbo and the government they like to do the 10-year thing the 10-year thing is pure no nobody can predict anything over 10 years three is a stretch it's like a big stretch But at least it's in the realm of something that makes sense. So I want to see one number.

is how much does it add to or subtract from the debt and i'm going to say over three years because the cbo and the government they like to do the 10-year thing the 10-year thing is pure no nobody can predict anything over 10 years three is a stretch it's like a big stretch But at least it's in the realm of something that makes sense. So I want to see one number.

I want to see how much does this latest spending package add to the deficit or subtract? Now, you might say to yourself, well, Scott, that's not very hard. Obviously, the CBO or whoever else has scored it. So, you know, it's not like nobody's looking into it. So somebody has that number, right? And our press would be reporting on that number.

I want to see how much does this latest spending package add to the deficit or subtract? Now, you might say to yourself, well, Scott, that's not very hard. Obviously, the CBO or whoever else has scored it. So, you know, it's not like nobody's looking into it. So somebody has that number, right? And our press would be reporting on that number.

Now, would you agree with the fact that you generally understand that it has a lot of mega Trump things in it that you like? And that part, you don't have to argue about too much if you're a Trump supporter. But don't you want to know the impact on the deficit? You kind of need to know that, don't you? So let me give you a little taste of why you don't know that. And I don't either, by the way.

Now, would you agree with the fact that you generally understand that it has a lot of mega Trump things in it that you like? And that part, you don't have to argue about too much if you're a Trump supporter. But don't you want to know the impact on the deficit? You kind of need to know that, don't you? So let me give you a little taste of why you don't know that. And I don't either, by the way.

I have no idea. So it comes as a sort of a package deal. All right, let me get back to that because I've got a piece that fits into it perfectly. So you're looking for the one number.

I have no idea. So it comes as a sort of a package deal. All right, let me get back to that because I've got a piece that fits into it perfectly. So you're looking for the one number.

um and russ vote according to the hill now russ is uh he's a budget guy right i don't know his official job but everybody has a high opinion of russ's vote and his you know budget work but uh here's what he said well here's what the hill said So this is your press trying to inform you whether the bill is adding to or subtracting from the deficit. And I swear I'm not making this up.

um and russ vote according to the hill now russ is uh he's a budget guy right i don't know his official job but everybody has a high opinion of russ's vote and his you know budget work but uh here's what he said well here's what the hill said So this is your press trying to inform you whether the bill is adding to or subtracting from the deficit. And I swear I'm not making this up.