Biden's Budget Takes Aim At The Wealthy, Corporations
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🗓️ 12 March 2024
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Summary
President Biden on Monday unveiled his $7.3 trillion budget proposal for the next fiscal year. He calls for new spending to lower the cost of healthcare, housing and childcare, and wants to offset it by raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations. The proposal as it stands now has little chance of passing a divided Congress, but is the basis for negotiations and also serves as a campaign promise for his reelection.
A settlement over Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay and Trans” bill means teachers and students can talk about gender identity and sexual orientations in classrooms again. Kind of. Both sides are calling it a win.
And in headlines: Trump asks to delay the Manhattan trial in his hush money case, Special Counsel Robert Hur testifies in front of Congress about his investigation into Biden’s handling of classified documents, and could next month’s total solar eclipse make some animals extra randy? Researchers want to know.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, March 12th. I'm Josie Duffy Rice. |
| 0:03.8 | And I'm Travel Anderson, and this is What A Day, the pod that thinks we're excited for a possible |
| 0:09.6 | Beyoncé cover of Jolene for her upcoming album. We say, we think, because on the |
| 0:15.0 | on say cover of Jolene for her upcoming album. |
| 0:13.0 | We say we think because Dolly herself |
| 0:16.0 | told a Tennessee news outlet last Friday |
| 0:18.0 | that she thinks Beyonce recorded it. |
| 0:20.0 | Listen, what's that mean? |
| 0:21.0 | She's not breaking that NDA. She knows what's good for her. Okay? |
| 0:25.0 | Her lawyer called immediately and said, don't you dare. On today's show, Florida settled a lawsuit over the so-called Don't Say Gay or Trans Bill, |
| 0:36.8 | but it's not a complete victory for LGBTQ folks. |
| 0:40.5 | Plus, scientists have a request for you during next month's eclipse. |
| 0:45.0 | Do you see animals getting it on? |
| 0:48.0 | If you do, you might be able to contribute to science. |
| 0:52.0 | Leave me out of science. |
| 0:53.3 | But first, President Biden released his budget proposal on Monday |
| 0:56.4 | for the next fiscal year. |
| 0:58.4 | The $7.3 trillion proposal includes more spending |
| 1:01.7 | on social programs, more help for families, |
| 1:04.4 | and higher taxes on corporations. It's a major proposal from the president |
| 1:08.8 | though as it stands now it has almost no chance of being passed by Congress. |
| 1:12.8 | But we're going to talk about what stands out the most |
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