Americans by a 2-to-1 ratio disagree with President Barack Obama’s contention that Congress should raise the U.S. debt limit without conditions.
Instead, 61 percent say that it’s “right to require spending cuts when the debt ceiling is raised even if it risks default,” because Congress lacks spending discipline, according to a Bloomberg National Poll conducted Sept. 20-23.
That sentiment is shared by almost three-quarters of Republicans, two-thirds of independents, and a plurality of Democrats. Just 28 percent of respondents backed Obama’s call for a clean bill that has no add-on provisions.Bloomberg (Sep 25, 2013)
Americans Reject by 61% Obama Demand for Clean Debt Vote
Julie Hirschfeld Davis
(h/t DCblogger at Corrente)
2 comments:
and apparently 61% of americans don't understand arithmetic. When your bank acct goes up by a dollar, someone else's must go down by a dollar, 1-1=0. Yet everyone's supposed to be 'fiscally responsible' and earn more than they spend... How did we arrive here?
Great point, Joe.
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