National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted June 8-9, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* In February, Congress and the President enacted an economic stimulus package that included both new government spending and tax cuts. Should the tax cuts be canceled?

20% Yes
55% No
25% Not sure

2*Okay… about $36 billion of the approved new government spending has already been spent. Should the rest of the new government spending be canceled?

45% Yes
36% No
20% Not sure

3* Does the new government spending in the stimulus package create new jobs?

31% Yes
48% No
21% Not sure

4* President Obama says he is going to speed up the pace of the new government spending in the economic stimulus package. Will speeding up the new government spending be good for the economy or bad for the economy?

39% Good
44% Bad
8% It will have no impact
10% Not sure

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