Poll: Rebuilding New Orleans A Higher Priority For Public Than Tax Cuts...

[Mark E. Smith]

New Orleans A Higher Priority For Public Than Tax Cuts, Social Security Changes

AP 9/14

WASHINGTON Sep 14, 2005 - Americans say rebuilding New Orleans is more important to them than cutting taxes or changing Social Security, a poll found. Cutting taxes and changing Social Security were both priorities of the Bush administration before the storm.

Almost two-thirds, 63 percent, said rebuilding the city devastated by Hurricane Katrina is more important than changing Social Security, and almost three-fourths, 73 percent, said rebuilding the flooded city is more important to them than cutting taxes, according to a CBS -New York Times poll released Wednesday.

A large majority of Americans, 73 percent, said they think their taxes will increase as a result of Katrina. More than half of those polled said they were willing to pay more taxes to help with Katrina recovery, job training and housing for victims.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1126930&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

[struggle4progress]

1. "Three-fourths said they are not willing to pay more for gasoline ..

.. help with the recovery, however."

[Erika]

6. Why give to W and his corporate friends?

Give to the American spirit of caring for each other.

[struggle4progress]

2. del dupe

[Erika]

3. Yes!!!

I hope the greedy GOP Congress and the Bushbots realize there are other things than the rich to think about.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

4. And Shrub Replied......"So What? I Could Care Less What Y'All Think" nt

[deadparrot]

5. Well lookie there...

didn't expect that. :shrug:

[AlCzervik]

8. me neither! that actually makes me proud of at least a little over half

of my feoow americans that understand and are ok with raising taxes to pay for this.

[central scrutinizer]

7. so what?

Bush to America; "We don't care what you think - we will not govern by polls or focus groups, so just bend over and we will ram these tax cuts through anyway."

[hadrons]

9. Rebuilding New Orleans A Higher Priority For Public Than Tax Cuts, yet ...

more than half will end up voting for those who give a higher priority to tax cuts than rebuilding New Orleans

[Rude Horner]

10. Not to point out the obvious, but ...

...those tax cuts are for the rich, anyway! I mean, what do these pollsters THINK the public is going to say? - "Gee, rebuilding New Orleans is important, but I hate for it to happen at the expense of those tax cuts for the rich!"

I mean, if this article was worded properly, it would have said:
<snip>
73 percent, said rebuilding the flooded city is more important to them than cutting taxes for the rich, according to a CBS -New York Times poll released Wednesday.

No shit, Sherlocks!

[Maggie_May]

11. Bring our troops home

that will save us money. Stop corruption in government that will us save money. Send Bush back to Texas that will save us money. That should be the Democratic agenda.