Poll: GOPers The Only Group To Prefer Automatic Spending Cuts Over Tax Increases

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

TOM KLUDT – DECEMBER 9, 2013, 8:35 AM EST

A poll released Sunday showed a majority of Americans are in favor of partially replacing the scheduled automated spending cuts with an increase of taxes and fees, while most Republicans take the opposite view.

According to the latest McClatchy-Marist Poll, Americans by a 52-41 percent margin support replacing some of the across-the-board cuts scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 15 with an increase of fees and taxes. Sixty-four percent of Democrats and 52 percent of indepedents share that position, placing GOP voters well outside the mainstream on the issue.

The poll found 55 percent of GOP voters preferring the automatic cuts, known as sequestration, while just 38 percent said they would rather raise taxes and fees.

###

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/poll-gopers-the-only-group-to-prefer-automatic-spending-cuts-over-tax-increases

[Ikonoklast]

1. Except for military spending. No cuts, in fact, take even more money and throw it down the

Pentagon rathole.

Republicans are truly mentally defective in many ways.

[allan01]

2. and they feel that the cuts dont affect them :)

[Gothmog]

3. These people live a different world

The proposed tax increases would not affect these people at all

[EC]

4. Yet many in the GOP are investors and knows

the value of investing. They just don't BELIEVE AMERICA IS WORTH INVESTING IN, I guess.

[erronis]

5. The "political class" doesn't invest the same way as regular people

Those multi-millionaire politicians didn't amass those dollars by working at normal wages, or by investing in the stock market at 10-15% annualized profits.

They had sweet-heart deals that gave them special returns for their "consideration" of bills in front of congress. If that wasn't enough, they get a ton of moolah ($10-50,000) for hobnobbing on an afternoon. And if that's not sweet enough, whatever they net can be tax exempt.

This isn't really a demo/repu issue - they all do it now. Paid for and delivered.