Rasmussen Reports: Americans Want Spending Cuts
Kurt Brouwer May 22nd, 2009
This is an interesting poll. It certainly is in line with the roughly 66% we saw voting against tax increases in California this week [emphasis added]:
77% See Politicians Unwillingness to Cut Government Spending as Bigger Problem… (Rasmussen Reports, May 22, 2009)
For nearly four-out-of-five U.S. voters, the problem is not their unwillingness to pay taxes. It’s their elected representatives’ refusal to cut the size of government.
Seventy-seven percent (77%) of voters say the bigger problem in the United States is the unwillingness of politicians to control government spending. Just 14% say the problem is that voters are unwilling to pay enough in taxes, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
These findings parallel results in California just before voters there rejected several ballot initiatives aimed at raising taxes. After that vote on Tuesday, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger suggested the state might need federal financial help, but voters nationwide oppose any bailouts for California and other economically troubled states.
Just 28% of all voters say, generally speaking, that increases in government spending help the economy, down seven points from February. Fifty-three percent (53%) now believe spending increases hurt the economy, and seven percent (7%) say they have no impact…
If these results are accurate, then our elected officials may want to start paying attention. One point that is important though is that voters often want spending cuts, except for those things they want. Spending cuts for thee, not for me is often the way it works. Nonetheless, I think voters are increasingly estranged from politicians and the sense of strong resentment is growing. This poll is evidence for that theory.
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