Obama budget aims to kickstart deficit-reduction talks

U.S. President Barack Obama talks about the Fiscal 2014 Budget at the White House in WashingtonBy Mark Felsenthal and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama proposed a $3.77 trillion budget on Wednesday that combines controversial cuts to social safety net programs with tax increases on the wealthy. The package is meant to lure Republicans to negotiate a broad deficit-reduction plan, but the details mirror a proposal Obama laid out last year that was rejected by Republican leaders. ...