Biden Leaves Misleading Impression on U.S. Debt
In promoting his own spending priorities, President Joe Biden blamed his predecessor’s “unpaid tax cuts and other spending” for increasing the national debt by nearly $8 trillion over four years. The total debt figure is correct, but trillions of that were due to bipartisan coronavirus relief packages.
Biden made the criticism of former President Donald Trump in an Aug. 11 speech about Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan. He said the $3.5 trillion budget resolution, which the Senate approved the same day Biden spoke, was the framework for his plan.
Many of the details on the spending and funding for the budget in separate legislation, but some of the major initiatives include child care, health care, universal pre-K, free tuition at community giving instructions to the committees drafting the bill.
