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Delayed Obama Budget Misses Raised Expectations

"I'm not disputing that."-- White House Press Secretary Jay Carney in answer to an April 5 question by CBS News' Major Garrett as to whether President Obama's proposal to change federal cost-of-living measures would result in higher taxes for middle-income earners.Higher spending, another round of across-the-board tax hikes and additional cuts to the military.If that is President Obama's opening gambit in the effort to find a full-year federal fiscal plan, then he is not nearly as serious about seeking a compromise as the gushy reporting on his "charm offensive" would have you believe.Obama broke the law to delay delivery of his own budget blueprint, preferring to wait for the House and Senate to proffer their own spending plans before delivering his. Given the unprecedented delay, expectations were high in Washington for Obama's budget.The long-delayed document instead landed with the clang of a horseshoe on cement.The thinking, reported in many outlets, was that Obama was following a...

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