This CBS poll identified that 77% of citizens say that the best way to cut the deficit is to cut spending as opposed to raising taxes. Pretty overwhelming consensus would you say?
However, consider this graph, when asked specifically what to cut, the same general group of citizens essentially says don't cut anything. In fact, the net of the responses is that we want more spending in most every major category (except Foreign Aid which, as I will show in a subsequent post, is so small it is hardly worth considering).
Is there not a major disconnect? We want less government spending but we want more services for ourselves and our neighbors.
Have nice day
DWD
totally agree the electorat has the control but unfortunately they use it for the wrong means and politicans pander to this electorate desire for the perceived "free ride society". We need to force the elected officials to look at how government spends our tax dollars across all services versus the cylo governmental view of government which tends to waste our money
ReplyDeleteI saw a 4th Quarter 2011 Census very interesting 108.6M American's received means tested welfare from the Government yet only 101.7M American's had full time jobs.....
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