Joe Biden is using the budget debate to deepen his contrast with the Republican Party

The White House has put this week on the agenda for a long time. Thursday, March 9, Joe Biden plans to present his budget proposals, during a trip to Philadelphia. An indicative plan with partisan goals that seeks to deepen the contradiction with the Republican Party. In a column published in The New York TimesOn March 7, then in a White House press release, he impersonated the US President as a defender of the federal state, protector of the most fragile people, especially the elderly. A year and a half before the presidential election, Joe Biden is giving up on his dreams of national reconciliation. The second part of his term, far from announcing it with the sign of the olive branch, presents itself as a confrontation with the Republicans who control the House of Representatives.

Joe Biden wants to make the budget a collision between two visions of America, and two understandings of its core values. And this is knowing that the White House proposals have no chance of being approved in Congress. They will not see the light of day., summed up Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Kentucky). But they are working to chart the course Joe Biden envisions for the United States, while he awaits the possible announcement of his candidacy in the coming months. They also pit Republicans, who support an austerity cure, against the need to define the budget cuts they demand.

Referring to the threats, especially expected this year, of shutdown (closing down non-essential functions of the federal state), due to the failure to raise the debt ceiling this summer, Joe Biden is challenging Republicans to present a coherent plan.

The US debt exceeded $31,000 billion (29,000 billion euros) by the end of December 2022, while it was just under 6,000 billion in 2000, according to what was stated in an article recently published by the British newspaper The Guardian. The New York Times. This increase, which included presidential administrations of two Republicans and two Democrats, was driven by tax cuts, wars, economic stimulus, and higher costs for pensions and health programs.summed up daily. The Republicans, who refuse to mention Donald Trump’s responsibility for this debt deepening, have decided to enter into a balance of power with the White House: They reject any increase in the ceiling that allows the state to borrow without significant budget cuts. But which?

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