This has always been the GOP's strategy:

1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.

2) Explode the deficit.

3) Demand cuts to Social Security and Medicare.

4) Repeat.

Don't let them get away with it.

@rbreich Same for the Tories in my country.

@davidkirlewmorris @rbreich came here to say that.

I wrote a few years ago about this con trick, with some speculation about how they get away with it:

https://link.medium.com/VlV6bqEn1wb