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Obama’s Budget Includes New Taxes on Millionaires, Cuts to Medicare

HeadlineFeb 13, 2012

President Obama will release an election-year budget today that raises taxes on millionaires, seeks billions of dollars for job-creating infrastructure projects, and commits to $4 trillion in deficit reduction over 10 years. Obama’s budget will also repeat a call for $360 billion in reductions to Medicare and Medicaid.

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