Republican rhetoric aside, most Americans really don’t like cuts in federal spending - Herkimer, NY - The Telegram

Republican rhetoric aside, most Americans really don’t like cuts in federal spending

Print Comment
By Pat Cunningham

One of the many uncomfortable truths facing Republican politicians these days is that the American public generally favors government spending cuts only in the abstract — but not in reality.

I addressed this matter in a post of several months ago (HERE), and now Jonathan Bernstein has an updated take on the issue HERE:

As we get closer to the sequestration deadline, followed a few weeks later by the appropriations deadline that could cause a government shutdown, new polling by Pew reminds everyone why the Republican position is so hard to maintain: people really don’t like spending ...

Read more

Loading commenting interface...

Market Place
Autos
Homes
Marketplace
Community Info
Chamber of Commerce
Sister Publication
The Courier Online
The Evening Times
UticaOD.com