“Voters support raising taxes on incomes above $250,000 and on capital gains but support few cuts to entitlements, a new poll from Quinnipiac University shows.
The poll comes as President Barack Obama and Congressional Republicans are attempting to broker
a deal to avert the so-called “fiscal cliff.”
By a wide, 65-31 margin, they support Obama’s plan to impose higher tax rates on incomes above $250,000. And 47 percent of voters favor increasing taxes on capital gains, compared with 40 percent who are against it.
When it comes to potential spending, however, the poll basically confirms that Americans support the blanket idea of entitlement cuts but relinquish that support when faced with specific entitlements that could affect them.
Here’s a breakdown:
- 70 – 25 percent oppose cutting Medicaid spending;
- 51 – 44 percent oppose gradually raising the age for Medicare eligibility;
- 55 – 41 percent oppose cuts in military spending;
- 67 – 23 percent oppose eliminating the home mortgage interest deduction
That said, 66 percent believe the best way to reduce the deficit is a combination of tax increases and spending cuts….”
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the best cut in the world would be to tell all the little girls out there that if they get knocked up, top go on the dole for welfare,that it aint gonna happen no mo. sorry,your having 5 kids, and no daddy, doesnt entitle you to 5k a month. ……come on scumbags,which one of you idiots in dc,who are making the deals for the clown fest known as the “cliff”,to put this issue on the table. scumbags !!!!!!!