GALLUP: Americans OK Allowing Tax Cuts for Wealthy to Expire (only 37% say extend cuts for all)

[jefferson_dem]

Americans OK Allowing Tax Cuts for Wealthy to Expire
One in three favor keeping tax cuts for all taxpayers
by Jeffrey M. Jones

PRINCETON, NJ -- A majority of Americans favor letting the tax cuts enacted during the Bush administration expire for the wealthy. While 37% support keeping the tax cuts for all Americans, 44% want them extended only for those making less than $250,000 and 15% think they should expire for all taxpayers.



These results are based on an Aug. 27-30 USA Today/Gallup poll. The fate of the 2001 and 2003 federal income tax cuts that were a centerpiece of Bush administration policy could be a significant campaign issue this fall. The tax cuts are set to expire after this year unless Congress votes to extend them. Congress plans to take up the issue next week when it returns to session.

It appears as though Congress, like the American public, broadly agrees that the tax cuts should be extended for American families earning less than $250,000. The debate Congress will have this fall will be over whether to extend the tax cuts for wealthier Americans. Most Republicans and some Democrats in Congress are thought to favor extending them for wealthier Americans. President Obama said Wednesday that he is opposed to any plan that would extend the tax cuts for wealthier Americans.

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http://www.gallup.com/poll/142940/Americans-Allowing-Tax-Cuts-Wealthy-Expire.aspx

[bigdarryl]

1. So Obama is getting his message through loud and clear

[jefferson_dem]

3. Aye... And note this poll was taken prior to his new "offensive" on the economic front.

[DrDan]

4. or he has received sound advice as to what the voters want . . .

[SpiralHawk]

2. "Curses. Our Sucker Strategery is failing." - Republicon Homelanders

[glitch]

5. They're down to 35% willing to vote against their own interests.

That's still a pretty high rate of moronism.

[SpiralHawk]

9. Well, they have Fox 'news' spewing the propacapola 24/7

so lots of good people, who lack critical thinking skills, can be convinced to vote against their own interests, and for the Republicon 'sweet' deal for fatcats.

[Clio the Leo]

6. And all of that 37% works in Congress. nt

[jefferson_dem]

7. Dear Dems: You can win the argument over Bush tax cuts

Dear Dems: You can win the argument over Bush tax cuts

With more and more Beltway types predicting that Dems may put off the vote over the Bush tax cuts until after the election, I thought it would be useful to pull together all the polling that shows this is an argument Dems have a rather good shot at, you know, winning if they decide to go for it.

* A new National Journal poll finds that 56 percent support ending either all the Bush tax cuts or just the ones for the wealthy, while barely more than a third want to keep them all.

* The new Gallup poll shows that 59 percent of Americans -- and a majority of independents -- supports either ending all the Bush tax cuts or just the ones for the wealthy.

Indeed, Gallup finds that Obama's proposal -- ending the tax cuts for the wealthy but not for everyone else -- has the support of 44 percent, more than any other solution.

* A CNN poll in late August found that a majority, 51 percent, favors ending the tax cuts for the rich, and another 18 percent favor ending them all.

It also found that among independents, 44 percent favor ending the tax cuts for the rich, while another 21 percent favor ending them all. Letting the tax cuts for the rich expire has majority support in all regions of the country except the south.

* A recent CBS poll also found a sizable majority, 56 percent, think the tax cuts for the wealthy should expire.

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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/09/dear_dems_you_can_win_the_argu.html
Yet for all this polling, there are increasing signs that some Dems are not gung-ho for this fight. As best as I can tell, the worry is that if Republicans hammer marginal Dems for favoring a tax hike in the middle of a bad economy, Dems will not be able to cut through the noise and get across the point that the Obama proposal only ends the tax cuts for the rich, while extending them for everyone else.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

8. The 37% comprises the Wingnut Brigade. There's always about 30% of the population

that suffers from cognitive dissonance and nothing can change their minds about anything. They are most likely to vote against their best interest.

[LiberalFighter]

10. The over 250k will receive the same tax cuts as those below 250k

They will just pay a higher percent on the income above 250k.