White House: Republican Budget 'Doesn't Add Up'

The White House warned Tuesday that a new Republican budget plan did not add up, would hike taxes on the middle class or fail to cut the deficit and would be sure to hurt healthcare for the elderly. The Republican blueprint was unveiled as both sides make opening gambits in a new budget showdown which will be highlighted as Obama mounts a charm offensive with visits to Democratic and Republican lawmakers this week. "While the House Republican budget aims to reduce the deficit, the math just doesn't add up," President Barack Obama's spokesman Jay Carney said.