By Geoffrey A. Fowler and Carol E. Lee – In an online town hall meeting at the headquarters of Facebook Inc., President Barack Obama sharpened his attack on Republicans while making an appeal to the tech-savvy generation that helped get him elected.
The president used questions from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook employees and online users of the social network to tout his plans and economic policies—and go on the offensive against congressional Republicans, with whom he’s trying to work out a legislative framework for deficit reduction.
“The Republican budget that was put forward I would say is fairly radical. I wouldn’t call it particularly courageous,” Mr. Obama said.
Mr. Obama offered a dire description of the budget drafted by Republican Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. He said it would reduce taxes for corporations and the wealthy by cutting funds to clean energy programs and transportation. Read the full story at WSJ.com.
