PBS NewsHour

Economic gap takes priority in Obama’s 2015 budget

Clip: 03/04/2014 | 10m 4s

President Obama’s 2015 budget proposal includes new spending for preschool, job training and public works and would expand the Earned Income Tax Credit for low-wage workers. Judy Woodruff talks to Robert Greenstein from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and James Capretta from the Ethics and Public Policy Center about whether measures meant to narrow the economic gap would be effective.

Aired: 03/04/14

Expired: 12/31/69

Rating: NR

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