National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted July 5-6, 2010

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Are you willing to pay higher taxes to provide more funding for public education?

34% Yes
54% No
12% Not sure

2* Are you willing to pay higher taxes to avoid the layoff of state employees?

19% Yes
69% No
11% Not sure

3* Are you willing to pay higher taxes to increase the number of policemen and firemen in your community?

37% Yes
52% No
10% Not sure

4* Are you willing to pay higher taxes to prevent cuts in entitlement programs for low-income Americans?

22% Yes
63% No
15% Not sure

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