National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted August 20-21, 2009

1* Do you agree or disagree with the following statement… it’s always better to cut taxes than to increase government spending because taxpayers, not bureaucrats, are the best judges of how to spend their money?

62% Agree
20% Disagree
18% Not sure

2* In terms of economic policy, is a dollar of tax cuts always better than a dollar of public spending?

50% Yes
25% No
25% Not sure

3* When it comes to economic policy and creating jobs, do you agree or disagree with the following statement: public spending provides much more bang for the buck than tax cuts?

25% Agree
50% Disagree
26% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence