National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters

Conducted May 20-21, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Generally speaking, do increases in government spending help the economy, hurt the economy, or have no impact on the economy?

28% Help

53% Hurt

7% No impact

12% Not sure

2* Which is a bigger problem in the United States today—that voters are unwilling to pay enough in taxes or that the politicians are unwilling to control government spending?

14% The voters are unwilling to pay enough in taxes

77% The politicians are unwilling to control government spending

8% Not sure

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