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Toplines - Federal Budget and Spending - July 7-8, 2008
National
Telephone Survey of 1,000 Adults 1* How important is it to balance the federal budget?
62% Very important 27% Somewhat important 6% Not very important 1% Not at all important 4% Not sure
2* What is more important, balancing the federal budget or cutting taxes?
45% Balancing the federal budget 41% Cutting taxes 13% Not sure
3* Okay… what is more important, balancing the federal budget or cutting government spending?
30% Balancing the federal budget 58% Cutting government spending 12% Not sure
4* Generally speaking, does cutting government spending help the economy, hurt the economy, or have no impact on the economy? 43% Help 26% Hurt 14% No impact 16% Not sure
5* Fine… generally speaking, does an increase in government spending help the economy, hurt the economy, or have no impact on the economy? 30% Help 44% Hurt 14% No impact 13% Not sure NOTE:
Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of
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