55% of LIKELY VOTERS disagree with Obama/Dems, OPPOSE tax hike w/ Debt Ceiling Deal

[Will]

55% Oppose Tax Hike In Debt Ceiling Deal

As the Beltway politicians try to figure out how they will raise the debt ceiling and for how long, most voters oppose including tax hikes in the deal.

Just 34% think a tax hike should be included in any legislation to raise the debt ceiling. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 55% disagree and say it should not.

There is a huge partisan divide on the question. Fifty-eight percent (58%) of Democrats want a tax hike in the deal while 82% of Republicans do not. Among those not affiliated with either major political party, 35% favor a tax hike and 51% are opposed.

Americans who earn more than $75,000 a year are evenly divided as to whether a tax hike should be included in the debt ceiling deal. Those who earn less are opposed to including tax hikes.

Voters remain very concerned about the debt ceiling issue. Sixty-nine percent (69%) believe that it would be bad for the economy if a failure to raise the debt ceiling led to government defaults. Only 6% believe it would be good for the economy. Fourteen percent (14%) believe it would have no impact and 11% are notsure. These figures are little changed from a few weeks ago.

At the same time, however, 52% believe it would be even more dangerous to raise the debt ceiling without making significant cuts in government spending. Thirty-seven percent (37%) take the opposite view and believe a government default would be more dangerous.

The national telephone survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on July 12-13, 2011 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC.

Eighty-five percent (85%) of voters are following the debt ceiling story at least Somewhat Closely. That figure includes 48% who are following it Very Closely. Older voters are following the story more closely than younger voters.

Thirty-eight percent (38%) believe the president has done a good or an excellent job handling the debt ceiling debate while 41% say he has done a poor job. Predictably, 74% of Democrats give him good or excellent marks while 71% of Republicans say he’s doing a poor job. Among those not affiliated with either major party, 31% give the president good or excellent marks on this topic while 42% say he’s doing a poor job.

55% Oppose Tax Hike In Debt Ceiling Deal - Rasmussen Reports™

[Will]

Republicans have the moral high ground AND the will of the VOTING people, INCLUDING INDEPENDENTS.


Democrats have nothing. They had 2 years to pass a tax hike, not only did they NOT do so, they repeatedly stated doing so would be BAD in this economy.


FACT: They are proposing one now PURELY for politics, in a bid to weaken the Republicans in 2012 by hammering them for breaking their 2010 promises.

[AC54ME]

Smoke and mirrors from the Democrats.

Continually.

[Peter Pan]

Time for the house to send a deal to the senate and put the Dems on the spot and rip up the credit card