NYT/CBS News poll: 69% say GOP policies favor the wealthy. To M$M: you can't fool'em all the time.

[Bill USA]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/31/opinion/flat-taxes-and-angry-voters.html

According to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll, nearly 70 percent of Americans say that Congressional Republicans’ policies favor the rich and that they oppose lowering taxes for large corporations. Two-thirds polled say that wealth should be distributed more evenly; a similar share wants to increase taxes on millionaires, not cut them. In a previous Times/CBS poll from August, a majority of Americans also wanted to use tax increases to close the deficit, rather than rely only on spending cuts.


Poll question 20: does GOP favor the wealthy with tabulated answers

Clear plan to create jobs: POTUS or GOPers? (questions 16 & 17)

Do you think President Obama has clear plan to create jobs?: Does: 39%, Does not: 56%

Do the Republicans in Congress have a clear plan to create jobs?: Do: 20% Do NOt: 71%


Budget Deficit (Question 43) - to lower the deficit is it a good idea to "increase" taxes on those making a million or more dollars a year? 65% "yes", 30% "No".


Then there is the question of whether Obama inherited the current economic situation or is responsible for it - a question the

NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll asked:

Current econmic situation one that Obama inherited or is responsible for: Inherited: 60%, Responsible for: 28%

[abq e streeter]

1. Uh oh..We're apparently a bunch of soshulists. We're doomed; doomed I tells ya...

[NewJeffCT]

2. I'm surprised it's only 69% that think that

but, 15 years of Fox News and 20 years of Limbaugh have had their effect on people.

[Bill USA]

4. agreed.

[Old and In the Way]

6. Interestingly, these numbers correlate pretty closely to the Bush core voters.

The ones who still thought he was doind a good job after 8 years of gross criminal negligence, mismanagement, and war crimes. I'd say they are the same ones who don't agree with the sane majority on the current economic situation.

[Old and In the Way]

3. After the recent election results and these polls....

it's going to be very interesting to see if Boehner, McConnell, and Cantor want to double down and continue their economic agenda against the middle-class. It's obviously going to be complicated with the clowns who are trying to win presidential primaries who will push each other to even more fringe positions that would further damage our economy. How will Republicans in Congress reconcile the election year rhetoric with the pragmatic reality of their voting record?

[CTyankee]

5. It must be a form of insanity. Really.

I can't think of another reason people would act so irrationally.