Monday, December 10, 2012

Steven Thomma — Voters want soft fiscal cliff landing, but offer no net

Americans clearly want Washington to solve its looming budget crisis, and they clearly reject almost every option to do that, according to a new McClatchy-Marist Poll.
The only option that voters endorse, by a ratio of 3-to-2, is to raise taxes on the wealthy.
A majority oppose other often-discussed options, including raising taxes on everyone, cutting Medicaid or Medicare spending, raising the age for Medicare, or taking away tax deductions for charitable contributions or home mortgage interest.
McClatchy Newspapers
Voters want soft fiscal cliff landing, but offer no net
Steven Thomma

There is no way to get "there" from "here." It's those pesky numbers.

Sigh. If they only knew the truth.

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