Questions - Bush Tax Cut Deal - December 7-8, 2010
Voters Put Spending Cuts Ahead of Deficit Reduction
Most Voters Favor the Tax Cut Deal
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National Survey of 1,000 Likely
Voters
Conducted December 7-8, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports
1* How closely have you
followed news reports about the tax cut deal President Obama made with
congressional Republican leaders?
2* President Obama and
congressional Republican leaders have reached an agreement that extends the
Bush tax cuts for all Americans for two more years, cuts the Social Security
payroll tax rate for one year and renews long-term unemployment benefits for an
additional 13 months. Do you favor or oppose this agreement?
3* Will this agreement be good or
bad for the economy?
4* Is
President Obama being too cooperative with congressional Republicans, not
cooperative enough or is his level of cooperation about right?
5* What is more important—reducing the federal deficit or reducing
federal spending?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error,
+/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
