Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said Sunday that President Biden’s nearly $7 trillion budget proposal took his “breath away” and belongs in the “shredder” rather than saddling the American taxpayer.
“The president’s budget took my breath away,” Kennedy told “Fox News Sunday.”
“His numbers are extraordinary,” he said. “We’re going to run out of digits here. It’s a $6.9 trillion budget, $4.7 trillion in new taxes that will affect everyone over 10 years, $18 trillion in new debt, a cut to defense.”
Biden unveiled his proposed budget for fiscal year 2024 on Thursday, and some projections say it would result in almost $5 trillion in tax hikes on corporations and wealthy Americans and lead to increased costs for everyone.
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Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., left, and President Biden. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images | Kyle Mazza/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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