kallend 2,121 #1 March 3, 2011 NBC/Wall St Journal poll msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/A_Politics/___Politics_Today_Stories_Teases/2-24-28-11.pdf Of concern to the GOP, Tea Party positions seem unpopular among likely voters: of 26 different ways proposed to reduce the federal deficit, the most popular: placing a surtax on federal income taxes for those who make more than $1 million per year (81 percent said that was acceptable), eliminating spending on earmarks (78 percent), eliminating funding for weapons systems the Defense Department says aren’t necessary (76 percent) and eliminating tax credits for the oil and gas industries (74 percent). The least popular: cutting funding for Medicaid, (32 percent said that was acceptable); cutting funding for Medicare, t (23 percent "acceptable"); cutting funding for K-12 education (22 percent "acceptable"); and cutting funding for Social Security (22 percent "acceptable").... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #2 March 3, 2011 QuoteNBC/Wall St Journal poll msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/A_Politics/___Politics_Today_Stories_Teases/2-24-28-11.pdf Of concern to the GOP, Tea Party positions seem unpopular among likely voters: of 26 different ways proposed to reduce the federal deficit, the most popular: -placing a surtax on federal income taxes for those who make more than $1 million per year (81 percent said that was acceptable), -eliminating spending on earmarks (78 percent), -eliminating funding for weapons systems the Defense Department says aren’t necessary (76 percent) and -eliminating tax credits for the oil and gas industries (74 percent). The least popular: -cutting funding for Medicaid, (32 percent said that was acceptable); -cutting funding for Medicare, t (23 percent "acceptable"); -cutting funding for K-12 education (22 percent "acceptable"); and -cutting funding for Social Security (22 percent "acceptable"). Just spreading it out for easier to read... Assuming the validity of the poll... Knock, Knock! Anybody in goobermint at home? Can you hear the doorbell ringing?My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 210 #3 March 3, 2011 Therein lies the problem with politics today. Nobody with enough balls to make the unpopular decisionsPlease don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rehmwa 2 #4 March 3, 2011 QuoteTherein lies the problem with politics today. Nobody with enough balls to make the unpopular decisions I read that and thought - "no shit" and they wasted time and money polling people to find out they don't want "their" funding cut from the big anonomous piggy bank. It only proves that people aren't smart enough to figure out that the money has to come from them in the first place ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #5 March 3, 2011 QuoteTherein lies the problem with politics today. Nobody with enough balls to make the unpopular decisions Actully the poll does not say what is seems The demo's of those polled was looked at and talked about Terribly skewed poll to begin with (look at question 10) But it makes for fun fourm threads"America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,121 #6 March 3, 2011 Quote Terribly skewed poll to begin with What do you expect when Rupert Murdoch's WSJ is involved? Truth... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,121 #7 March 3, 2011 Quote Assuming the validity of the poll... 1000 randomly chosen Americans make a somewhat more valid sample that you'll find in any DZ.COM poll.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #8 March 3, 2011 Quote Quote Terribly skewed poll to begin with What do you expect when Rupert Murdoch's WSJ is involved? Truth Truth? Well Dont know about Murdoch or the WSJ but I did not expect any better from you I would like to be able too...."America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marks2065 0 #9 March 4, 2011 Quote Quote Terribly skewed poll to begin with What do you expect when Rupert Murdoch's WSJ is involved? Truth After reading the poll I saw mostly that the people are dissapointed with Obama and the democrats and didn't feel they would do enough to fix the economy or deficit. They also felt they the republicans would do to much that would effect them personally. when asked about cuts they seem to want cuts in the gov budget but not the people's entitlement budget. they don't seem to understand that medicare, medicade, social security, and pensions are the major cause of the deficit. they did agree with making gov employees pay more for their benifits but didn't want to curtail the unions collective barganing that got the gov employees the pensions and other benifits to begin with. What I saw was alot of people voting for things they really don't understand. the people polled want the issues fixed without fixing the underlying cause. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,121 #10 March 5, 2011 Quote Quote Quote Terribly skewed poll to begin with What do you expect when Rupert Murdoch's WSJ is involved? Truth Truth? Well Dont know about Murdoch or the WSJ but I did not expect any better from you I would like to be able too.... What did I write that was untrue, Marc?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #11 March 5, 2011 Quote What did I write that was untrue, Marc? So, you're saying that the Tea Party positions ARE popular with voters, then? After all, you said that you don't expect truth from Murdock's WSJ, and it was their poll.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,121 #12 March 5, 2011 QuoteQuote What did I write that was untrue, Marc? So, you're saying that the Tea Party positions ARE popular with voters, then? After all, you said that you don't expect truth from Murdock's WSJ, and it was their poll. I'm not claiming anything about Rupert Murdoch's journalistic ethics - I don't think he has any to make claims about.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
