Posted on 12/14/2012 9:24:45 AM PST by SeekAndFind
A poll by Pew Research Center shows that majorities of Americans only favor solutions that impact wealthy Americans to reduce the national debt and avoid the "fiscal cliff."
Pew provided respondents with 12 deficit reduction options and asked if they approved or disapproved of each option. Majorities approved of five of the options: raise taxes on income over $250,000 (69 percent), limit deductions a taxpayer can claim (54 percent), raise the tax rate on investment income (52 percent), reduce Medicare benefits for higher income seniors (51 percent), and reduce Social Security benefits for higher income seniors (51 percent).
Deficit reduction solutions that impact a broader range of Americans received less support. The options that majorities disapproved included: reduce military spending (55 percent), gradually raise Social Security retirement age (56 percent), gradually raise Medicare retirement age (56 percent), and limit the home mortgage deduction (52 percent).
If congressional Republicans and President Barack Obama do not reach an agreement on long-term deficit reduction, taxes will go up for all income groups and spending will be cut for military defense and other non-entitlement programs.
The programs that Americans most disapprove of cutting would be cut if the fiscal cliff is not avoided -- funding to help lower-income Americans (58 percent), for roads and transportation (67 percent), and for education (77 percent).
The poll suggests that Democrats have an advantage in the current negotiations. They mostly want to increase taxes on the wealthy while Republicans mostly want to cut spending and reform entitlements. Republicans have, though, suggested means testing Social Security and Medicare benefits.
Most Americans, 55 percent, also believe that Obama is making a serious effort to reach an agreement, but only 32 percent believe the same about Republican leaders.
The Dec. 5-9 poll of 1,503 adults has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.
They’ve successfully rolled more than half the country into the “Eat The Rich” column. We are now officially Europe.
I believe this poll is correct.
It’s human nature. it’s easy to demand your fellow man’s economics get destroyed and not yours
However, Americans are also not living in reality
Taxing the “rich” will make little difference on the deficit. Obama’s tax increase on those making above $200,000 will raise about $68 billion per year, but we are borrowing $4.6 billion per day so that tax increase covers less than two weeks of spending. The sheeple will soon find that funding the governments insatiable appetite for taxes will mean more than the “rich” will see huge tax increases.
First, you cannot trust Pew.
Second, the republicans have done nothing effective to counter an Obama media blitz.
Third, whatever the reason, whatever the polls, taxing the rich can’t solve the problems so for the good of the country other solutions are needed.
We’re just witnessing the reason not to go down this liberal road in the first place.
RE: First, you cannot trust Pew.
They turned out to be more accurate in November 2012 than either Rasmussen or Gallup. The election results bear them out.
America has changed man. This is not the same America a generation ago when Reagan defeated Carter.
You mean a tax increase on the rich but an “obama tax cut” for everyone else? What happened to the “Bush tax cuts”?
Isn’t human nature reality?
The bad news is we’re all “rich.”
Well Duh!
Slow learning party?
Here's one not to waste money on taking:
Which would you rather have the gubment do to reduce the deficit:
a) Raise taxes on those making much more than you?
or :
b) Raise the age you get medicare till 70 yrso?
or :
c) Raise taxes on YOU??
Remember how fun the R primary was? I mean we got to imagine a country sooo different for a few months or so.
Duh....
It’s the Willie Sutton solution.
[William “Willie” Sutton (June 30, 1901 – November 2, 1980) was a prolific U.S. ... legend that he said that he robbed banks “because that’s where the money is.” ...]
I guaran-dang-tee you that we’re going to end up applying FICA taxes to every last penny of income above $110K. There is simply no political will for any other solution to the Social Security crisis.
Never thought I would be no longer be proud to be an American. The Country lost the Constitution and many no longer believe in our foundation of Christian principles.
Your cartoon reminds me of “Der Besuch die Alte Dame.” I majored in German, had to read the screenplay as part of my German literature class. Read the plot summary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Visit
Obama will place taxes on all people not just the rich.He ran up the debt and out of money to pay for it.
The fail light is on for socialism,bend over.
No it’s not. The REAL money is in the middle class. You could take every buck the top 2 % earn and it won’t dent the deficit.
Personally, as an ER doc, if my taxes are going up , my work hours are going down. Screw it. Not gonna work all those weekends nights and holidays so I can pay for EBTs and Obamaphones.
The majority are ignorant idiots.
History has shown unequivocally that socking it to the wealthy has always filtered down to everybody.
Except the parasite class; e.g. professional parasites and unions.
Of course these latter will ALWAYS vote to soak the productive.
Well... yes; perhaps the phrase should be "rational reality."
It's hardly rational when everybody must lose.
Except the more equal than others folks... they assume
RE: Which would you rather have the gubment do to reduce the deficit:
a) Raise taxes on those making much more than you?
or :
b) Raise the age you get medicare till 70 yr so?
or :
c) Raise taxes on YOU??
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Where’s the choice about REDUCING SPENDING?
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