Posted on 08/05/2009 9:59:41 AM PDT by reaganaut1
Fifty-four percent (54%) of U.S. voters say tax cuts for the middle class are more important than new spending for health care reform, even as President Obama’s top economic advisers signal that tax hikes may be necessary.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, taken Monday and Tuesday nights, finds that 34% disagree and say new spending for health care reform is more important. Twelve percent (12%) are not sure.
It is important to note that this question asked about new government spending for health care reform rather than about the overall concept of health care reform itself.
The partisan and ideological divide on the question is sizable. Fifty-eight percent (58%) of Democrats say new spending for health care reform is the priority. But 80% of Republicans and 62% of voters not affiliated with either party favor tax cuts for the middle class.
Seventy percent (70%) of liberals say new spending is more important, while 76% of conservatives prefer tax cuts.
Recent polling shows that 48% of voters now rate the U.S. health care system as good or excellent. That figure has increased significantly since the Congressional debate on health care began.
Seventy-six percent (76%) of all voters believe it is at least somewhat likely that taxes will have to be raised on the middle class to cover the cost of health care reform. Fifty-nine percent (59%) say it is very likely.
Just 18% say middle class tax hikes are not likely, with 14% who say they’re not very likely and four percent (4%) who think they are not at all likely.
These numbers are largely unchanged from a survey in mid-July. But on Sunday Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers, director of the National Economic Council, both refused to rule out the possibility of middle-class tax increases ...
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Our health care is none of the governments business. We need to explain this to them in the strongest terms.
That's a nice sentiment, but lots of Freepers believe that seniors are entitled to unlimited health care from the taxpayer through Medicare.
The last time they got involved (Medicare, Medicaid)they bankrupted the system THEY designed....so now they want to expand on this success.
Morons.
This is their suck ‘em in and then bleed ‘em dry strategy.
Just get the DemocRAT tax evaders (we know who some of them are) to pay their fair share.
Seventy-six percent (76%) of all voters believe it is at least somewhat likely that taxes will have to be raised on the middle class to cover the cost of health care reform. Fifty-nine percent (59%) say it is very likely.
Who were these people, illegals?
Ah. There is still hope (true hope, hopey changey) for America.
They may “favor” whatever they like, but they’ll find it has no meaning whatsoever.
First, Obama is clearly not at all inclined to respond to the will of Americans - even those who elected him.
Second, the principle has already been established in the collective American consciousness that it is perfectly all right for the government to steal money on citizens’ behalf - albeit, so far the principle has largely been that it is the money of the so-called “wealthy” that must be stolen.
However, the Middle Class - whatever THAT is - will soon find that once the Collective is empowered to steal, the criteria for that theft become very murky, and no one is safe.
In more popular parlance, “What goes around comes around.”
If you approve, on principle, the theft of others’ possessions for your own benefit, you forever forfeit the right to complain when the gun is at your own head and the congressional hand is dipping into your own pocket.
Maybe the government should give back all the tax money people payed in the program. As well as Social Security?
Fifty-eight percent (58%) of Democrats say new spending for health care reform is the priority.
How many of the 58% even pay taxes.......??
What I want to know is: Wasn’t Roe V. Wade about right to privacy, a woman can do with her body what she wishes with no government interference? Now the hypocritical communists want total control over everyones body. If this sick plan passes, we need to fight it all the way to the Supreme Court and take to the streets.
According to the Presidents health plan, it would be cheaper just to terminate the mother and baby, then they wouldn’t be coming back every year. Of course they would loose their voting base.
unfortunately Obama doesnt care what we want .. he won.
Everyone favors tax-cuts, but do they favor cuts to spending...now that’s the true question to whether or not we’re honest to ourselves.
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