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“Three in four voters want to ‘cut government spending across the board,’” according to a new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll (see the full results here).
This is the latest in a series of surveys to show far more Americans favor cutting government spending over raising tax rates to address our debt and the fiscal cliff. For example:
Just yesterday, former Clinton Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles told CBS Face the Nation, “Even if you raise the top rates back to the Clinton rates, that only creates about $400 billion over 10 years. That's $40 billion a year. We have a trillion dollar a year deficit.” Bottom line, says Bowles: “We have to cut spending.”
The president’s plan for higher tax rates and more ‘stimulus’ spending threatens nearly one million small businesses and hundreds of thousands of jobs – and can’t pass Congress.
The bipartisan plan outlined by Republicans one week ago calls for significant spending cuts and tax reforms the president has supported in the past. It’s a balanced approach that would protect middle class families and small business owners struggling in this economy. Learn more about it here.