Obama budget sets up election-year tax fight
Ana Marie Cox: Like the GOP's Ryan plan, Obama's budget is about electoral positioning not real economic policy, but he looks better-placed.
By Alister Bull and Laura MacInnis | WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama called on Monday for new spending to boost growth and higher taxes on the rich, laying out an election-year vision for America in a budget that drew heavy fire from
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For further information on the budget, see BUDG ) Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama, who pledged an “all of the above” energy strategy that included fossil fuels, renewed his proposal to cut more than $40 billion in tax breaks for oil,
