Joe Biden's 2025 Fantasy Budget

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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A few days after his State of the Union address, Joe Biden unveiled his 2025 budget proposal, which featured major tax increases and blowout spending on everything except national defense, even as threats compound across the globe. Does his plan have any chance of passing? Plus, Congress debates just how much of a risk the TikTok app on your phone is to national security. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.0	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:37.0	President Biden released his fiscal 2025 budget in Washington on Monday.
0:42.0	What does the document tell us about the President's 2025 budget in Washington on Monday.
0:42.8	What does the document tell us about the President's priorities
0:45.8	and what he might do if he wins a second term?
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0:55.6	Welcome to Potomac Watch. My name's Cape Ash Elder O'Dell, and I'm here today with my talented colleagues,
1:00.4	columnist and editorial board member, Alicia Finley, as well as editorial board member, Eunae Uque Barua.
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1:09.0	The president puts out a budget every year,
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