Biden pitches $5.5T in tax hikes, fed worker pay raise in budget proposal

New York Post ^ | March 9, 2023 | Steve Nelson

[Reno89519]

WASHINGTON — President Biden’s annual budget plan calls for roughly $5.5 trillion in tax increases over the next decade to offset proposed spending increases — including a massive 5.2% federal worker pay raise.

The package, to be announced later Thursday, is headed for certain defeat in the Republican-held House of Representatives and comes as the GOP demands spending cuts without new taxes in a standoff with Biden over raising the federal debt ceiling later this year.

“This is the start of a healthy dialogue,” White House budget director Shalanda Young told reporters on a morning conference call.

[Reno89519]

Wow, just the other day they were discussing $2 trillion in new taxes. What will it be by next week?

[CletusVanDamme]

FJB and his criminal consort.

[Vigilanteman]

5.2% increase in pay is not massive if the workers actually EARN it, as I have done in the past in the PRIVATE sector. But damn near nobody working for the government even comes close.

[PghBaldy]

“White House budget director Shalanda Young” -— Wonder why Shalanda was chosen for this position?

[Dogbert41]

Just print more money Joe.

[frogjerk]

Especially with Government created inflation

[Bulwyf]

I’ll just say it. Colour.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“This is the start of a healthy dialogue” -- White House budget director Shalanda Young

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[gundog]

C’mon. They have to steal luggage and clothes.

[RetiredArmy]

With socialists, spending other people's money is no problem. What is a trillion here and a trillion there? Hell, we are THIRTY-THREE (yeah, I bolded it because it is that BIG of a deal) TRILLION dollars in the very deepest hole of financial ruin that this nation can be in. How in the holy h-e-double L, can we be the richest nation on earth when we are this deep of a cavern of ruin? We couldn't pay this debt back even if we did win the Lotto and Powerball both on the same day!!!

[READINABLUESTATE]

More and more, it’s us vs them.

[Saintgermain]

Just print more money Joe.

Well somebody has to keep the conflict going in Ukraine, aren’t you proud being able to contribute?

[Restless]

It really wasn’t that long ago that “trillion” wasn’t even part of our national economic vocabulary. Now, we’re talking about $5.5 TRILLION in tax hikes?? How long before they start asking us for quadrillions of dollars?

[monkeyshine]

These people are nut cases.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Washington Math: $5.5 TRILLION in tax hikes means $16.5 TRILLION in new spending.

[Lockbox]

Meanwhile GM is firing 56,000 white collar workers.......

[Restless]

Just for some perspective, if you spend $5 million a day, it will take you 2,740 years to spend $5 trillion.

[plain talk]

““This is the start of a healthy dialogue,” White House budget director Shalanda Young told reporters”

Dialogue or monologue? There is no debate with these people because they are like gamblers in debt who need the tax money to pay off the mob.