President Biden is getting ready to shift from doing one of the most popular things Democrats often do, lavishing federal spending on favored constituents, to one of the least popular: raising taxes.
“Everybody likes to spend money on their priorities,” said Tom Schatz, president of the fiscally conservative group Citizens Against Government Waste. “For Republicans, it’s mostly defense and national security spending. For Democrats, it’s mostly nondefense spending. When they all get together, they agree on more spending for everyone’s priorities.”
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