Paul Waldman: Republicans claim they’re demanding massive spending cuts, but they’re lying

Julian Zelizer says Republicans are lying about the debt ceiling.

He says they're demanding massive spending cuts because the government is borrowing too much.

Zelizer: The last time they had the run of the federal government, they passed laws that required tremendous borrowing.

Republicans do not care even slightly about the national debt, he says.

The Congressional Budget Office recently estimated that making the Trump tax cuts permanent would increase the national debt between 2024 and 2033 by a whopping $3.5 trillion.

It’s absolutely certain that if Republicans win control of Congress and the presidency in 2024, they will make the Trump-era cuts permanent, and probably add some more.