About this episode
On Thursday, President Joe Biden released a $6.8 trillion budget plan for 2024 that he says will cut deficits by $2.9 trillion over the next decade, increase military funding, raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations, and pay for Medicare and Social Security without any major cuts or reforms to the programs. While the budget increases the military’s budget, it represents a decline in military spending as a share of the overall U.S. economy in the next decade. Plus, a reader asks why I never praise Donald Trump (spoiler: I do). You can read today's podcast here , today’s “Under the Radar” story here and today’s “Have a nice day” story here . Today’s clickables: Quick Hits (1:39), Today’s Story (3:33), Right’s Take (8:13) Left’s Take (13:13) , Isaac’s Take (18:23), Your Questions Answered (22:25), Under the Radar (24:45), Numbers (25:29), Have A Nice Day (26:10) You can subscribe to Tangle by clicking here or drop something in our tip jar by clicking here. Our podcast is written by Isaac Saul and edited by Zosha Warpeha. Music for the podcast was produced by Diet 75. Our newsletter is edited by Bailey Saul, Sean Brady, Ari Weitzman, and produced in conjunction with Tangle’s social media manager Magdalena Bokowa, who also created our logo. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanglenews/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.