updated 1:03 PM EST, Mon November 21, 2011
New
CNN poll: Americans are split like debt panel
It's a no win situation...
Republican don't want taxes raised and
want to cut spending
Democrats want to raise taxes and keep
spending...
Both parties are blowing smoke.
Republicans idea of cutting spending is a drop in the bucket over a 10 year
period.
Democrats want to keep America a welfare
country and voters with an entitlement mentality. No Win for Americans..be ###
updated 1:03 PM EST, Mon November 21, 2011
The poll shows that the same partisan divide keeping the debt panel from reaching a deal exists among Americans who identify with a political party. FULL STORY
A new CNN poll shows that the same partisan divide that's keeping the congressional super committee from reaching a deficit reduction deal also exists among Americans who identify with a political party.
The
CNN/ORC International poll released Monday shows that 59% of those surveyed who
identify themselves as Republicans oppose tax increases, while 57% of Democrats
polled say they oppose spending cuts. The super committee that was charged with
coming up with a long-term deficit reduction plan by Wednesday remains split
along party lines over those issues, say congressional aides familiar with the
discussions.
Independent
voters surveyed somewhat mirror the overall public attitudes toward taxes and
spending – nearly seven in 10 independents favor raising taxes on the wealthy
and corporations, which Republicans oppose, and support cuts on domestic
spending, which Democrats oppose.
The
poll also found that cuts to defense programs, triggered if the committee can't
reach a deal, have become less popular. About half of those surveyed in August,
when the super committee was formed, favored defense cuts; but the Monday poll
shows that about six in 10 are now against defense cuts.
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| Kerry: Still hope 
