70% Say Balanced Budget Good for Economy but Question if McCain Can Achieve it by 2013

Most Americans Say Balanced Budget Good for Economy but Question if McCain Can Achieve it by 2013

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Seven out of 10 Americans (70%) think a balanced budget is good for the economy, but nearly as many (64%) believe it unlikely that John McCain can achieve such a budget by 2013 as he has promised.

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The Republican presidential candidate last week pledged to balance the budget by the end of his first term, returning to a pledge he had abandoned in April. At that time, he said it might take him two terms because of his proposed tax cuts and the sickly state of the economy.

McCain, who has been perhaps the most outspoken critic in Congress of so-called pork barrel spending, has not specified what government cuts he has in mind if elected.

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His Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, characterized McCain’s plan as “overly ambitious.” “I do not make a promise that we can reduce (the budget deficit) by 2013 because I think it is important for us to make some critical investments right now in America’s families,” Obama said. Despite Obama’s refusal to make a balanced budget promise, tracking data shows that voters currently trust the Democrat more than McCain when it comes to balancing the budget.


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