G12: The President's Budget

1. What priorities seem to be most important to the President? Give evidence from your readings -- and explain why these programs might be important priorities to him.
1. The two issues that seem to be the most important to the president are Social Security and Medicare. Obama has been focusing on these issues for a while now, but he has been getting harsh criticism from the left. Obama wants to tax the wealthy and assist the lower class so they can receive benefits that they can survive on. 
2. What are some especially notable changes that the President proposes, compared to the previous year's budget? Why might he want to make those changes?
1. Well a huge difference compared to his budget now is that Obama wants to give tax credits to the lower class, using higher taxes from the rich to pay for it. His focus seemed to shift from Social Security to the issue of taxes and a little bit of education. Obama is in his final years of his presidency, so I believe he is really putting in the ideas that he originally wanted to act upon, but he was too nervous to do. Also, he sees that the working poor cannot survive on the amount of money they receive.  
3. What elements of his plan will his opponents in Congress be most likely to strongly oppose? Why?
1. Congress have already expressed their opinion on Obama's budget plan for 2014, and the left is mainly opposed to the idea of raising taxes on the wealthy, and cutting off tax breaks for corporations. The political left would dislike this the most because their taxes will be raised, and the businesses they were supported by would be most affected by this.