President Joe Biden unveiled his $6.8 trillion budget proposal last week, and it drew the customary jaded responses: a work of fiction. A party platform with price tags. And, of course, dead on arrival.
All true. But from Biden's standpoint, the budget rollout was a resounding success that served two purposes.
It put the president where he wants to be as he prepares an expected reelection campaign, with one foot in his party's center and one in its progressive left.
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