Questions - Taxes and Government Spending - August 7-8, 2011
54% Predict Government Spending Will Go Up Under Obama, Lowest Finding of Presidency
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National Survey of 1,000 Likely
Voters
Conducted August 7-8, 2011
By Rasmussen Reports
1* Suppose one candidate for office promised to oppose all tax
increases and another said he would raise taxes only on the rich. For whom
would you vote?
2* Do tax increases help the
economy, hurt the economy, or have no impact on the economy?
3* Do tax cuts help the economy,
hurt the economy, or have no impact on the economy?
4* Do increases
in government spending help the economy, hurt the economy, or have no impact on
the economy?
5* Do
decreases in government spending help the economy, hurt the economy, or have no
impact on the economy?
6* Under the Obama administration will your own personal
taxes go up, down or stay about the same?
7* Under
the Obama administration will government spending go up, down or stay about the
same?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error,
+/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence