[Missouri gal]

Another sucker poll. They didn’t mention specific programs that are hideously wasteful, only general areas of spending that everybody generally favors.

[Phlyer]

Another sucker poll.

Exactly. The end benefits addressed in these questions are desireable. It's all in how you get there. As another poster mentioned, anything not authorized in the Constitution should be cut.

You'd get a different response if you put the questions like this:

Do you think spending on government bureaucrats should be increased/held the same/decreased?

Do you think spending on creating and enforcing new regulations should be increased/held the same/decreased?

Do you think federal spending in areas that are prohibited by the Constitution because they are to be addressed by the states should be increased/held the same/decreased?

[ReleaseTheHounds]

Good point... Only 10% favor reduced spending on Education... when there hasn’t been a dollar spent on education since the Department of Education was created that wasn’t a complete waste and totally unproductive.