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July 22, 2011
Rasmussen: Most Voters Fear Debt Deal Will Raise Taxes Too Much, Cut Spending Too Little
Topics: Political News and commentariesAs Harry Reid and Barack Obama offer little more than spin - and talk about a need for "revenue increases" (Dem-speak for tax increases) - while attacking Republicans for coming up with an actual plan ... Rasmussen finds that voters are worried the final deal will raise taxes too much but won't cut spending enough.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 62% of Likely U.S. Voters are worried more that Congress and President Obama will raise taxes too much rather than too little in any deal to end the debt ceiling debate. Just 26% fear they'll raise taxes too little. Twelve percent (12%) aren't sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)Read the whole thing - here.Similarly, 56% worry that Congress and the president will cut spending too little in the final debt ceiling deal, while only 25% are concerned that they will cut spending too much. Nineteen percent (19%) are undecided.
There's a wide difference of opinion, however, between the Political Class and Mainstream voters. Fifty-nine percent (59%) of the Political Class is worried the deal will cut spending too much, while 63% of Mainstream voters fear it won't cut spending enough. Those in the Mainstream worry more than Political Class voters by a near two-to-one margin - 70% to 37% - that the debt deal also will raise taxes too much.
Related: Obama: It's that gosh-darned divided government that has kept us from a budget solution, or something (Debt-ceiling crisis is the voters' fault)
Posted by Richard at July 22, 2011 1:44 PM
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