On July 8, the campaign of former Vice President Joe Biden released its long-awaited “Unity…
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Sanders budget plan would spend more, tax less than Biden
According to this article on Roll Call, by Paul M. Krawzak and Peter Cohn
“A preliminary Senate Democratic budget outline envisions a smaller net tax increase on businesses and upper-income households than President Joe Biden proposed and sizable prescription drug cost savings to go along with more spending on health care, immigration benefits, tuition aid, broadband access and other items.
According to a summary circulating on and off Capitol Hill, the plan under development by Senate Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders would overshoot Biden’s proposed spending by nearly $1.6 trillion over a decade, for a hair under $6 trillion. The summary is dubbed a “discussion draft” for an eventual fiscal 2022 budget resolution, with reconciliation instructions for a filibuster-proof package.”