Wall Street Journal Poll: "What should the Deficit Committee Do?"

[woo me with science]

(Not exactly a liberal organization doing the polling)


http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/09/07/wsj-poll-what-should-the-deficit-committee-do/

WSJ Poll: What Should the Deficit Committee Do?
By Naftali Bendavid

As the bipartisan “supercommittee” of 12 lawmakers prepares to start its work—the first meeting is Thursday—a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released this week offers an interesting view of its options as it seeks to cut the deficit by $1.2 trillion or more.

The poll’s respondents were read several ways to cut the deficit and asked which they found acceptable or unacceptable. The answers seemed to favor tax increases over spending cuts....:

60% could accept ending the Bush tax cuts for families earning $250,000 a year or more;

56% could accept a combination of increasing taxes and cutting spending;

46% could accept significantly reducing defense spending;

37% could accept cutting spending only, without raising taxes (including on the wealthy or corporations);

20% could accept cutting Medicare.

Looked at another way, 24% found the notion of ending the Bush tax cuts for those making $250,000 or more “totally” or “mostly” unacceptable, while 78% similarly rejected cuts in Medicare....

[valerief]

1. Jump in a lake. nt

[woo me with science]

7. You don't like that 80 percent oppose Medicare cuts?

It bothers you that majorities would like to see the Bush tax cuts ended and would dislike a plan that included only spending cuts?

Are you signaling support for cutting Medicare and extending the tax cuts, or was that just a reflexive nastiness?
:shrug:

[valerief]

11. We don't need a deficit committee at all. nt

[woo me with science]

12. Damn it.

I agree with you.

(sorry for misunderstanding)

[valerief]

13. NP

[rpannier]

10. Please explain

I see nothing truly onerous in the post (especially since it is from the WSJ)

[Hawkowl]

2. Cage fight to the death!

Give everyone a $200 red ink pen and let them stab each other to death. The lone survivor makes all the budget decisions.

[SpiralHawk]

3. Order the RepubliCons back to their Godforesaken so-called Homeland

Where they can trash their own freaking economy, while leaving America to people who actually want America to succeed -- free and clear from their fantastically freakish FAIL fetishes and 'special' tax breaks for FatCat Shirkers.

[madmom]

6. How'd you get a picture of my fat cat? aka meatloaf

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[Turbineguy]

4. Nothing.

The repubs will not pass their recommendations anyway.

[woo me with science]

5. EIGHTY PERCENT want to preserve Medicare.

Majorities also want to end the Bush tax cuts and would not accept just spending cuts in a deal.

[golfguru]

8. Increase taxes on those making more than $100,000/yr

and freeze federal spending. We will be on the way to recovery as a long term solution. The domestic economy is a sick puppy, and only cure is bitter medicine. Increasing the debt is a sure path to Greece.

[rpannier]

9. From the WSJ no less

Imagine what it would like like if it was a less corporate apologist publication