FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM: VOTER DISCONNECT

When asked their preferred method for cutting the deficit 77% of citizens polled chose "cut spending" over the alternative methods of raising taxes or the "balanced approach" of both cutting spending and raising taxes.

Yet when citizens are asked about their preferences for government spending here are their responses:
                                                                                    NO CHANGE            DON’T
                                                            CUT                OR INCREASE         KNOW

EDUCATION                                      11%                            62%                 27%

VETERAN’S BENEFITS                    6%                             91%                   3%
COLLEGE FINANCIAL AID           16%                             81%                   3%
MEDICARE                                       12%                             83%                   5%
HEALTH CARE                                24%                             71%                   5%
WELFARE                                         20%                             76%                   4%
SOCIAL SECURITY                         12%                             84%                   4%
CRIME PREVENTION                     18%                             79%                   3%
INFRA-STRUCTURE                       26%                             72%                   2%
RESEARCH                                       23%                             73%                   4%
ENERGY                                            23%                             73%                   4%
AGRICULTURE                                23%                             71%                   6%
MILITARY                                        30%                              67%                   3%
FOREIGN AID                                  45%                              50%                   5%


In other words, voters want to cut government spending to decrease the deficit, but they also want the same or more spending on EVERY major government program. And we wonder why our government has a spending problem? Maybe it is us who are the problem.

Have a nice day,

DWD