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Toplines - Stimulus Package - February 6-7, 2009

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National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters

Conducted February 6-7, 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?

35% Help
48% Hurt

7% No impact

10% Not sure

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

45% Help
29% Hurt

16% No impact

10% Not sure

3* As Congress debates the economic stimulus plan initially proposed by President Obama, would you like to see the plan include more tax cuts and less government spending, more government spending and less tax cuts, or would you rather see the plan pass pretty much as it is today?

62% More tax cuts and less government spending
14% More government spending and less tax cuts

20% Pass pretty much as it is today

5% Not sure

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