rate and imposing a 25% minimum tax on wealthy americans. here with a look at the coming showdown in congress our wall street journal columnists khan henninger and mary anastasia o grady and editorial board member kyle peterson. so, dan, i couldn t help but notice that the new york times this week portrayed the president s budget as moving to the center. is that how you see it? [laughter] whoa. well, it may be where the new york times describes the center. no, that budget moves smartly to the left. i mean, senator elizabeth warren was beside herself over all the tax increases on the wealthy. she just thought it was great. you know, this is really a peter pan judgment, paul. you just spread pixie dust everywhere, and the economy takes off. we could make fun of it, we say it s not going to happen because of the republican house. i could make a couple points about in this. one, if perchance, this is a campaign speech concern a campaign budget, there s no question about it, a
adequate? it is inadequate. factor inflation, it s actually a cut in defense spending. as we can see there, the budget categories for most of the domestic agencies and cabinets are way above what s being suggested for defense. and this is at a time when the has become a big issue, does the biden administration recognize the seriousness of the national security challenges that over the last who years have erupted and are facing the united states? russia, ukraine, china, mexico, the border. we re now going to talk a little bit about the car elss. there is a lot cartels. there is a lot on the defense department s plate, and i think what they are proposing here is not adequate to build up the military that this country s going to need over the next 10 years. it s entirely a domestic-oriented budge. budget. paul: all right. when we come back, president