Toplines - Economic Stimulus - January 26-27, 2009
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Daily Snapshot
National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted January 26-27, 2009
By Rasmussen Reports
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?
53% Agree
24% Disagree
22% Not sure
2* In terms of economic policy, is a dollar of tax cuts always better than a
dollar of public spending?
41% Yes
33% No
26% 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?
31% Agree
42% Disagree
27% Not sure
4* Should public spending rather than tax cuts be the core of
any stimulus plan?
34% Yes
34% No
32% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence