By The Huffington Post News Editors
Alex Wagner and guest Douglas Holtz-Eakin had a testy conversation about the budget on Wagner’s show on Tuesday.
Holtz-Eakin, the former director of the Congressional Budget Office and economist on President George H.W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers, defended the Paul Ryan budget while criticizing the Murray budget supported by the Democrats. He clashed with Wagner several times during the panel’s discussion.
He said he disagreed with Wagner’s assertion that the Democrats’ proposal provided both spending cuts and revenue. “My disagreement with folks like you, who are desperately wrong on the issue, is that — did I say that right?” he asked.