Posted on 11/22/2009 1:54:16 PM PST by reaganaut1
New York voters aren’t very optimistic about the financial solvency of their state, but they're also sending their elected representatives mixed signals. They oppose budget cuts in a couple key areas but are against tax hikes even more.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state finds that 56% of voters say it is at least somewhat likely that New York will be bankrupt by the end of the year. Twenty-one percent (21%) say it is very likely.
Thirty-seven percent (37%) believe that outcome is unlikely, but only nine percent (9%) say it is not at all likely.
An overwhelming 81% of say the bigger problem in New York State today is not that voters are unwilling to pay enough in taxes but that politicians are unwilling to control government spending. Just eight percent (8%) think the bigger problem is voter unwillingness to pay enough taxes.
New York State faces a $3.2 billion budget deficit this fiscal year, and that deficit is projected to climb much higher next year.
But 58% of voters in the state oppose cuts to social welfare benefits and education spending, both of which are among the highest in the nation, to help reduce the budget deficit, as New York’s unpopular governor David Paterson has proposed. Twenty-eight percent (28%) are in favor of such cuts, and 14% are undecided.
Only 15% think raising state taxes is a good way to help reduce the deficit. Seventy-five percent (75%) are against tax hikes for that purpose.
Republicans and voters not affiliated with either major political party are much more likely than Democrats to predict that the state will go bankrupt.
Seventy-two percent (72%) of Democrats and the plurality (47%) of unaffiliateds oppose cuts to social welfare and education spending. Republicans are almost evenly divided on the question.
(Excerpt) Read more at rasmussenreports.com ...
Representation by polling; is similar to bribery at the poll booth, giving them something they want for the moment.
$3.2 billion? Look to CA on how to keep on going with far greater deficits.
Defining bankruptcy is becoming a chore in itself anymore thanks to liberal government moving us away from the dictate of our Constitution.
If one needs a loan, ask California as they are the land of plenty. /s
The end result of liberalism.
That’s ok, David Patterson, John Sampson and Sheldon Silver will just pass more tax increases and claim they made the “tough decisions” necessary to correct the problem. Once again they’ll literally say, “problem solved, no worries, move on.” Pathetic.
$3.2B? That’s chump change. CA is looking at 20B deficits for the next 5 years. Those libs really know how to run things...into the ground.
Liberals wear suspenders thus they know nothing of belt tightening.
Just what the Federal Reserve made it.
IOU’s for the win. /s
Hey N.Y., quit yer whinnnning, ya done it to yourselves.
Wait ‘til they find out there’s no money left to bail them out....
Morally or fiscally?
SnakeDoc
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