Just 28% of all voters say, generally speaking, that increases in government spending help the economy, down seven points from February. Fifty-three percent (53%) now believe spending increases hurt the economy, and seven percent (7%) say they have no impact.
Seventy-nine percent (79%) of Republicans and 61% of unaffiliated voters believe increased government spending hurts the economy. Democrats tend to hold the opposite view--49% of those in Barack Obama’s party think more government spending is good for the economy, while just 27% say it hurts.
As is frequently the case, the gap between Mainstream America and the Political Class on the question is wider than that between political parties. While 90% of Mainstream Americans see the bigger problem as a failure to cut government spending, the Political Class is evenly divided over whether voters or politicians are more to blame.
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In fact, 52% of voters now believe they pay more than their fair share of taxes. However, 54% of the Political Class disagree.
Fifty-one percent (51%) of Americans had a favorable opinion of last month’s “tea parties,” while just 33% disapproved.
And the next interesting question would be a breakdown of these numbers by private employment versus government employment. Did you know that local, state and federal full and part-time employees total 22.2 million? Enough to impact an election ya think?
How many of the Democrat voters are also in the government worker pool? Notice the congruence of their opinions with our Overlord(s)?
And in a sane world wouldn't government workers be required to recuse themselves from voting on anything that could impact their paychecks?
But we don't live in a sane world now do we? That's been obvious for going on a century now...
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