Poll: Balanced Budget Beats Tax Cuts

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040414/D81U8E201.html

By WILL LESTER

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WASHINGTON (AP) - By almost a 2-1 margin, Americans prefer balancing the nation's budget to cutting taxes, according to an Associated Press poll, even though many believe their overall tax burden has risen despite tax cuts over the past three years.

About six in 10, 61 percent, chose balancing the budget while 36 percent chose tax cuts when they were asked which was more important, according to a poll conducted for the AP by Ipsos Public Affairs.

As the nation's tax deadline of April 15 approaches, people's lukewarm feeling about tax cuts may be influenced by a belief that recent cuts haven't helped them personally.

Half in the poll, 49 percent, said their overall tax burden - including federal, state and local taxes - had gone up over the past three years. That's almost four times the 13 percent in the poll who said their overall taxes had gone down.

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What a great line!

"Count Amerilis Patillo, a 75-year-old Chicago Democrat, among those who disapprove of Bush.

"I don't like what the little shrub is doing on Iraq," she said. "If the Supreme Court doesn't select Bush this time, then Kerry will get in."


HAH!

edit because this is apparently from a different poll.

http://www.ipsos-na.com/news/pressrelease.cfm?id=2121

Now if only the general public was aware that 60% of corporations pay no taxes at all...

Taxes are an expense of doing business.
Labor is an expense of doing business.
Salary is an expense of doing business.
Advertising is an expense of doing business.
Transportation is an expense of doing business.
Raw materials are an expense of doing business.
Utilities are an expense of doing business.
Rent is an expense of doing business.

They all are factored into the cost of products or services that customers pay.

So who pays the taxes that the corporations/businesses technically pay?

The customers or clients.

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

These polls don't mean squat. Polls will show 75% support strong environmental protection. But, nearly 50% think Bush* is doing a great job. So, 1/3 of those who claim to support strong environmental protection really don't.

If 61% really think balancing the budget is so important, how does the greatest red ink addict in history still get nearly 50% support?

That would be "head" thinking. Bush's appeal isn't to peoples heads its to the shame in their hearts and to their groins.

He is what they wish they could be. President without really getting elected. The worlds most powerful man - despite the skeletons overflowing his closet, his barely-passing grades, his failing to live up to the level of his father or grandpa. Champion of God and truth despite being a hypocrite and liar. If he can succeed and gain popular support in spite of it all, then there must be hope for me as well. A vote for Bush is a vote for yourself, even if your head disagrees.

He's a miserable failure and appeals to the miserable failure in everyone. So when he thrusts his mighty military phallus into the Mesopotamian womb of civilization, there are vicarious orgasms all over the country. The fact that the "bad girl" had rejected us, and was "taken" against her will, and that she had really nice ... oil wells, makes it even more exciting to the people who have been taught from birth that lust is evil and to be denied.

So, how do you counter shame, guilt and the avenging of rejection?

Sad but true truth.