Biden's $6.8 trillion budget challenges Republicans, raises taxes on rich

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled plans for government spending and higher taxes on the wealthy, choosing the swing state of Pennsylvania to reveal his playbook for an expected 2024 re-election bid.
58% : Overall, the budget would increase federal spending in the twelve months starting in October to $6.8 trillion from the $6.2 trillion expected to be spent in the current fiscal year.
47% : He would boost military spending to stop China and Russia pushing beyond their borders, extend healthcare subsidies for the country's aging population while funding cancer research to cut the death rate from that disease in half, support down payments for first-time homebuyers, improve rail safety after recent accidents and guarantee preschool for all the country's four million four-year-olds.
45% : © Thomson Reuters U.S. President Biden visits Philadelphia to deliver remarks about his budget for fiscal year 2024Speaking at a Philadelphia union hall, the Democratic president challenged Republican opponents on fiscal responsibility, highlighting plans to cut U.S. deficits nearly $3 trillion over 10 years by raising taxes on those earning more than $400,000 a year.
32% : Biden budget cuts deficit with taxes on rich Reuters See more videos
21% : The plan, however, is a political statement that directly challenges Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's threats to block an increase in the $31.4 trillion limit on federal borrowing unless Biden agrees to rein in federal spending.

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