The White House blasts Republicans' budget plans, saying they want to slash Social Security and Medicare and 'force seniors to pay even higher drug costs so Big Pharma can fill more swimming pools with caviar and diamonds'

• The White House blasted Republicans' proposed deficit-reducing cuts in a fiery memo.
• They said the GOP wants to slash earned benefits and hand out tax cuts for the wealthy.
• In contrast, Biden has previously proposed bringing down deficits with a tax on millionaires.

Republicans may be clinging to their gas stoves, but the White House is turning up the heat ahead of what's sure to be a fiery budget season.

In a memo, White House deputy press secretary and senior communications adviser Andrew Bates blasted Republicans' plans for cutting the deficit — a priority among the right as they try to claw back government spending and slash programs in negotiations over funding the federal government by the end of September.