Biden’s budget to boost military, raise taxes on billionaires

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U.S. President Joe Biden is expected on Monday to ask Congress for record peacetime military spending while raising taxes for billionaires and projecting lower government deficits.

Biden’s budget proposal for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1 lays out his administration’s priorities but it is merely a wish list as lawmakers on Capitol Hill make the final decisions on budget matters.