白宫表示，该预算将在长期内减少3万亿美元的赤字，这主要是由于对美国富人和企业的增税。它还将为国防开支提供创纪录的金额，并包括拜登在带薪探亲假、普及学前教育等方面的承诺。
拜登在宾夕法尼亚州整理贸易研究所(Finishing Trades Institute)对工会观众发表演讲时说:“我重视每个人的平等机会，不仅仅是劳工，还有小企业主、农民和其他许多长期以来基本上被忽视的人，他们将这个国家团结在一起。”
拜登的费城之行是他2020年竞选总部和他的黄金时间的演讲在2022年关于民主威胁的中期选举之前，标志着一度武断的预算过程是与选民联系的更广泛努力的一部分。
他强调要给家庭“喘息的空间”，并讲述了美国人担心医疗费用、儿童保育和教育机会的个人轶事。
他说:“我的预算反映了我们能为减轻负担和勤劳的美国人做些什么。”
拜登公布预算之际，国会正面临一场更大的支出斗争夏季截止日期提高债务上限，否则将面临史无前例的违约风险。他的提议几乎是板上钉钉，因为国会共和党人普遍反对任何增税措施。
众议院共和党人坚持大幅削减支出，以换取提高债务上限，以避免经济灾难性的违约，尽管他们尚未透露他们希望在预算中进出。民主党人呼吁“干净”地提高债务上限，不与联邦支出挂钩。
众议院议长凯文·麦卡锡周三指责拜登推迟债务上限谈判，并表示共和党人需要在公布他们自己的预算提案之前审查他的预算提案。
拜登在周四的演讲中回击说，他已经准备好“在任何时候”与麦卡锡再次坐下来谈判
“明天，如果他有他的预算，”拜登说。“放下吧，告诉我你想做什么。我会告诉你我想做什么。看看我们能达成什么共识。”
拜登提出的预算包括8420亿美元的国防开支，以及60亿美元用于支持俄罗斯正在入侵的乌克兰。
在预算中包括的主要国内支出提案中，有一个国家带薪家庭和医疗休假方案，提供长达12周的假期;普及学前教育;以及扩大免费社区大学的资金。它还将为移民执法提供250亿美元，并提供50亿美元的新选举援助资金。预算还提议将儿童税收抵免从每个儿童2，000美元扩大到6岁以下儿童3，600美元，年龄更大的儿童3，000美元。
为了支付这些提案，拜登提议对亿万富翁征收25%的最低税率，并逆转特朗普时代的两项减税措施:将公司税从21%提高到28%，恢复对年收入超过40万美元的单身申报人和年收入超过45万美元的夫妇征收39.6%的税率。拜登提出的预算几乎是胎死腹中，因为国会共和党人普遍反对任何增税措施。
众议院共和党领导人在周四的一份声明中称拜登的提议“不严肃”。
众议院共和党领导层表示:“乔·拜登总统的预算是一项鲁莽的提议，是对导致创纪录通胀和当前债务危机的同一极左支出政策的双重打击。”。
2023年3月9日，美国总统乔·拜登在费城的整理贸易研究所谈论他的2024年预算提案。
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麦卡锡周三表示，民主党人主张彻底提高债务上限是“错误的”，此前国会预算办公室(Congressional Budget Office)向议员们通报了情况，该办公室最近预测，未来十年美国将增加19万亿美元的联邦债务。
“我们不能再忽视我们面临的主要问题:我们的债务规模，”麦卡锡告诉记者。“历史告诉我们一件事:每一个伟大的社会都是在过度扩张后崩溃的。”
在预算之战中，拜登试图在医疗保险和社会保障上划出红线，这两项占了预算的很大一部分，他说，这是在共和党内追求一些想要摧毁这些项目的人。麦卡锡说，在即将到来的谈判中，医疗保险和社会保障不在讨论范围之内。
在更广泛的推出之前，拜登周二发布了他的计划，以支撑医疗保险计划到2050年的财务状况，因为该计划面临资金短缺，可能导致十年结束时福利减少。该计划包括对高收入者增税和扩大药品定价控制。
在社会保障方面，预算将为该机构增加拨款14亿美元，以改善客户服务。然而，它不包括一项类似的计划来支撑社会保障的财政，因为短缺可能导致从2034年开始的预定福利减少。
“政府期待与国会合作，通过确保高收入个人支付公平份额来加强社会保障，”政府在预算中表示。
Biden rolls out 2024 budget amid debt ceiling showdown
President Joe Biden on Thursday rolled out his proposed budget for fiscal year 2024, casting it as a reflection of his values ahead of ananticipated reelection runand aiming to put Republicans on the defensive.
The White House said the budget would reduce the deficit in the long-term by $3 trillion, largely due to tax increases on wealthy Americans and corporations. It would also provide a record amount for defense spending, and include funds for Biden's pledges on paid family leave, universal preschool and more.
"I value everyone having an even shot, not just labor but small business owners, farmers and so many other people who hold the country together who've been basically invisible for a long time," Biden said in a speech before a union audience at the Finishing Trades Institute in Pennsylvania.
Biden's trip to Philadelphia, the site of his 2020 campaign headquarters and hisprime-time speechahead of the 2022 midterms about threats to democracy, signals a once arbitrary budget process is part of a wider push to connect with voters.
He emphasized giving families "breathing room" as he told personal anecdotes about Americans worrying about medical bills, child care and educational opportunities.
"My budget reflects what we can do to lift the burden and hardworking Americans," he said.
Biden's budget release comes as a larger spending fight looms on Capitol Hill with lawmakers facing asummer deadlineto lift the debt ceiling or risk an unprecedented default. His proposal is all but dead-on-arrival, as congressional Republicans are generally opposed to any tax increases.
House Republicans have insisted on significant spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling to avoid an economically disastrous default, though they've yet to reveal they want in and out of the budget. Democrats have called for a "clean" increase to the debt ceiling not tied to federal spending.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday accused Biden of delaying debt ceiling talks, and said Republicans will need to examine his budget proposal before releasing one of their own.
Biden shot back in his speech Thursday that he's ready for a sit down again with McCarthy "at any time."
"Tomorrow, if he has his budget," Biden said. "Lay it down, tell me what you want to do. I'll show you what I want to do. See what we can agree on."
Biden's proposed budget includes $842 billion in defense spending, as well as $6 billion in support for Ukraine amid Russia's ongoing invasion.
Among the major domestic spending proposals included in the budget are a national paid family and medical leave program providing up to 12 weeks of leave; universal preschool; and funding to expand free community college. It would also provide $25 billion for immigration enforcement and $5 billion in new election assistance funding. The budget also proposes expanding the Child Tax Credit from $2,000 per child to $3,600 for children under age 6 and $3,000 for older children.
To pay for the proposals, Biden is proposing a 25% minimum tax on billionaires and reversing two Trump-era tax cuts: raising the corporate tax from 21% to 28% restoring a 39.6% rate for single filers making over $400,000 and couples earning more than $450,000 annually.Biden's budget as proposed is all but dead-on-arrival, as congressional Republicans are generally opposed to any tax increases.
House Republican leaders called Biden's proposal "unserious" in a statement Thursday.
"President Joe Biden's budget is a reckless proposal doubling down on the same Far Left spending policies that have led to record inflation and our current debt crisis," House GOP leadership stated.
McCarthy said Wednesday Democrats were "wrong" to advocate for a clean raise to the debt ceiling after members received a briefing by the Congressional Budget Office, which recently projected the U.S. will add $19 trillion to the federal debt over the next decade.
"We can no longer ignore the major problem that we have: the size of our debt," McCarthy told reporters. "One thing we have learned through all history: every great society has collapsed after they overextended themselves."
Amid the budget battle, Biden's sought to draw a red line on Medicare and Social Security, which together take up a large part of the budget, going after some in the GOP he says want to gut the programs. McCarthy said Medicare and Social Security are off the table in upcoming negotiations.
Ahead of the broader rollout, Biden on Tuesday released his plan to shore up Medicare's finances through 2050 as the program faces a funding shortfall that could result in benefit reductions by the end of the decade. The plan includes a tax increase on high-earners and expanding drug pricing controls.
For Social Security, the budget would allocate a $1.4 billion increase to the agency to improve customer service. However, it didn't include a similar plan to shore up the Social Security's finances amid a shortfall that could result in a reduction in scheduled benefits starting in 2034.
"The Administration looks forward to working with the Congress to strengthen Social Security by ensuring high-income individuals pay their fair share," the administration said in the budget.
