Do Americans Support Obama's Tax Cuts Deal? Depends How You Ask
Two-thirds of Americans want the Bush tax cuts for the nation's wealthiest to expire at the end of the year, according to one recent poll. But in another poll, two-thirds of Americans want to extend all of the Bush tax cuts -- including those for the country's top earners.
How can that be possible? The answer is all in the poll question's phrasing.
<snip> the wording of the poll did not allow respondents to specify an alternative option they preferred, nor did it indicate that any other proposals -- such as capping the income level at which tax cuts are extended -- are on the table. Rather, it provided an all-or-nothing question, framed in fairly rosy language.
The survey asked:
President Obama and congressional Republican leaders have reached an agreement that extends the Bush tax cuts for all Americans for two more years, cuts the Social Security payroll tax rate for one year and renews long-term unemployment benefits for an additional 13 months. Do you favor or oppose this agreement?
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