New poll : Tax the rich and save Social Security

[DearAbby]

President Obama, are you aware of these new polls?

Voters last week sent Washington a strong message about fixing the federal budget, according



New poll results tell us what the people want: Tax the rich and save Social Security

President Obama, are you aware of these new polls?

Voters last week sent Washington a strong message about fixing the federal budget, according
to exclusive numbers from a new poll obtained by TPM: Raise taxes on the wealthy and cut the military budget before you touch the nation's largest entitlement program, Social Security.

The survey of voters who cast ballots last Tuesday -- conducted by Democratic pollster PPP and commissioned by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee -- found that when respondents were given the choice between cutting the defense budget, raising taxes on the wealthy and cutting Social Security to reduce the deficit, just 12% said they'd like to see the entitlement program cut. Forty-three percent said they'd prefer to see taxes on the wealthy go up, and 22% said cutting the huge defense budget was the best way to go.

The PCCC hailed the result as evidence that voters are not ready to embrace the conservative economic agenda, even after they just voted a huge number of new conservatives into Congress...read on

No matter how loud Conservatives scream about tax cuts and the dismantling of Social Security, Americans overwhelmingly do not want their SS messed with, and they are all for taxing the rich. Real Americans aren't buying the bullshit trickle-down theories that FOX and other Wall Streeters demand their zombie-like followers consume like dead brains. The idiotic Cat Food Commission is going to advise that entitlements gets cut. That will only lead to another disaster for the working class that families cannot withstand.

http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/new-poll-results-tell-us-tax-rich-and-s

[sakabatou]

1. Haven't we been saying that for a while?

[Mimosa]

2. ITA, Dear Abby. n/t

[midnight]

3. k&R

[phasma ex machina]

4. SS will be the last entitlement standing because it has the most votes behind it.

Bank on it.

[pacalo]

5. Rachel Maddow showed a clip tonight of Obama addressing the tax cuts.

You may have missed it. He answered a reporter's question at a news conference today, saying that he wants to have tax cuts for the middle class made permanent, but we can't afford to keep the tax cuts for the wealthiest.

Rachel presented an audio clip of Nancy Pelosi saying the same thing. Chris Hayes pointed out that Nancy decides what goes to the floor on Monday.

[ProudDad]

8. "we can't afford to keep the tax cuts for the wealthiest"

didn't stop 'em from the giveaway to the health insurance mafia and Big PhRMA mislabeled a "health care bill"...

[cilla4progress]

9. I know -- right?

Just like the public option yadda yadda yadda.

[pacalo]

10. Clearly, nothing is going to appease you, not even a video of Obama saying

what he plans to do.

If it makes you feel better to gripe, carry on.

[progressoid]

12. Clearly a lot of us are no longer fall for the empty promises.

Fool us once...twice...thrice...

[ProudDad]

13. How do you know Obama's prevaricating?

His lips are moving...

He's a puppet...

He's NOT in charge...

His job is to be the spokesmodel for the elites...

So, just like Slick Willie and the shrub, he's going to say what you want to hear until the ruling class gets their way...

If it feels better to ignore the reality of the situation, enjoy! :shrug:

[pacalo]

16. If it turns out you're right, I'll be right alongside everyone with my own torch & pitchfork.

If Obama doesn't use his presidential power to preserve social security, he will have turned my husband & me against him for good. There will be no turning back for either of us; we're watching/listening closely. You can bet what's left of your life's savings that he'll lose our support.

For the time being, I'm keeping my blood pressure low, waiting to see how Obama handles this. If he allows it to drag out despite all the anxiety it's caused, then even that will be reason enough to lose faith in him.

Despite what Jon Stewart the guru is preaching, the thugs have shown for the past 10 years that they are evil, & the cat food commission knew what they were doing when they took advantage of Obama's absence by leaking their rec's to the press. I want to see what happens when Obama's had an adequate amount of time to address this decisively before I jump on the bandwagon.

[BrklynLiberal]

6. ..andif things get REALLY bad, we can EAT THE RICH!

[Lagomorph]

7. I'm all for raising taxes on the rich....

However, even at 90%, it wouldn't come close to covering our red ink.

[glitch]

11. Wouldn't it just burn their butts to raise their taxes to "save" social security

which doesn't actually need saving? Their lie that it does being turned back on them? :rofl:

Hedge funds are currently untaxed by the way...

[L0oniX]

14. How about this message....

Because you rich assholes didn't get us jobs we are going to raise your taxes. Trickle that up your ass!

[Swamp Rat]

15. k&r

[Hannah Bell]

17. this poll can't be true, because it slants left. and we all know the population slants right.

don't we?

[madmax]

18. I think polls suck. I don't believe them.

I'm a very distrustful person to begin with - life does that to some of us. Just a fact that if it's possible - someone is going to shaft you, one way or another, just because they can.

For example. The mechanic that fixes my car. He's honest, dependable and always up front. It took a lot of hard learned lessons before I found him.

It's a long list but, you get the idea. And polls, well pfffft, imo they're bullshit.

[Vehl]

19. K&R nt