Questions - Government Shutdown - March 30-31, 2011
53% Say Even GOP Spending Cuts Won't Dent The Deficit
57% Okay With Government Shutdown If It Leads to Deeper Budget Cuts
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National Survey of 1,000 Likely
Voters
Conducted March 30-31, 2011
By Rasmussen Reports
1* How
closely have you followed recent news reports about the federal budget debate
in Congress?
2* Will
the spending cuts proposed by congressional Republicans significantly reduce
federal spending and deficits or will they have little impact on overall levels
of spending and deficits?
3* Congress never passed a budget for 2011 and has approved
several short-term budget measures while Republicans and Democrats battle over
spending cuts. Now many Republicans are saying they will not support any
further short-term measures and want a budget agreement with deep spending
cuts. Without a budget agreement, some federal government services could be
shut down. As Congress authorizes spending for the rest of 2011, what’s more
important – avoiding a partial government shutdown or making deeper cuts in
government spending?
4* If
Democrats and Republicans fail to reach a budget agreement soon, there will be
a partial shutdown of the federal government. Payments for things like Social
Security, Medicare, and unemployment benefits would continue, but some federal
government services could be shut down until an agreement is reached. Would a
partial shutdown of the federal government be good for the economy, bad for the
economy, or have no impact on the
economy?
5*
Republicans want to make much deeper spending cuts than Democrats are willing
to agree to. Would you rather have Congress avoid a partial government shutdown
by authorizing spending at a level most Democrats will
agree to or would you rather have a partial government shutdown until Democrats
and Republicans can agree on deeper spending cuts?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence