Biden throws down 2024 gauntlet with populist budget

Republicans say the ever-growing federal debt points to the need for slashing spending, but Democrats say Republicans are using the issue as a way to weaken Medicare and other long-popular programs, while shielding the rich fThe NDRC also said localities should look into the costs of these tutoring institutions and ensure the salaries of their tutors are not significantly higher than those of teachers at the local public schools.Biden is also proposing to raise taxes on those earning more than $400,000 a year to ensure that Medicare -- the hugely popular, but increasingly strained government health insurance system for people…