Toplines - Stimulus I - July 1, 2010

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted July 1, 2010

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Last year, Congress and the president enacted a $787 billion economic stimulus plan. So far, has the economic stimulus plan helped the economy, hurt the economy or had no impact on the economy?

   29% Helped
   43% Hurt
   24% No impact
     5% Not sure

 2* Which will do more to create new jobs - decisions made by government officials   to create jobs or decisions made by U.S. business leaders to help their own businesses grow?

    23% Decisions made by government officials to create jobs
    65% Decisions made by U.S. business leaders to help their own businesses grow
    11% Not sure

 3* Which is a better way to create new jobs – cutting taxes or increasing government spending?

   69% Cutting taxes
   15% Increasing government spending

   16% Not sure

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