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Scott Rasmussen of the Rasmussen Reports breaks down the latest data on government spending and jobs.
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The stimulus show looks like a fight India after Friday's jobs report.
We got a new poll that shows voters think that cutting government spending will be good.
For the economy.
Scott Rasmussen of Rasmussen Reports that the poll one of the results again police got.
55%.
Say if we cut government spending that would help the economy.
Only 11%.
About one out of nine Americans think it would hurt the economy.
There was a time when Richard Nixon said we're all -- is -- what the American people -- a long way from that.
But was there a -- question which said would you be glad to see you'll government program come out.
Well that's always the question.
But distort the American people are far more ready to cut spending and make hard choices and their political leaders are.
It's just that they're looking for rational choices in the political leaders are throwing up some silly options at this point and lots of evidence out there -- people are willing to make the tough -- I know this idea not -- poll on this box if there was a poll -- people have the choice all of caught my spending program all raise taxes on the rich.
I'm pretty sure -- law that go firm raising taxes on the.
Rich would you agree that.
They sure would in fact a 49% right now think we'll be -- that.
To vote for a candidate who promised to raise taxes on the rich that's up a little bit.
Bookstore couple years ago you might remember the president said he was gonna send extra 250 dollars to seniors because they weren't -- cost of living increase.
A majority of seniors said now -- Want that.
Well I'd forgotten that -- that's intrinsic for a second again you questions about mobile -- wanna go through.
I you've got a second poll and it shows an extraordinary number of people in America think we are headed in the wrong direction as a country -- That's right look right now point 5% say were heading in the right direction 68%.
They were off on the wrong track these numbers have been pretty depressing for about a year now.
But it's at a time when consumer confidence is at a two year low.
Hiring expectations as reported -- workers peaked last November her heading down point 7% of workers.
Are concerned about losing their job those -- people with a job -- worried about losing it.
In two out of three people say don't expect anything to be done the debt crisis before the next election so it's not a big surprise the people think we're heading in the wrong.
-- a quick question for you when you did these polls and you talk about taxing the rich do you find that as an income bracket or do you just leave it as a Jenner generic which term for people to -- Do it and in both ways and right now we sometimes ask about 250000.
Dollars is an income sometimes you just say the wealthy.
And the reason we do both -- to get them there.
It's our excellent Scott Rasmussen yourself is always fascinating and -- there was this morning Scott many thanks indeed.
