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What's more, when asked about how to reduce the federal deficit, 60 percent said it was better to roll back the tax cuts passed by Congress than to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid — and that includes a plurality of Republicans.
Which of the following comes closest to your view about how to reduce the federal budget deficit?
CUT GOVERNMENT SPENDING, INCLUDING ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS
Overall 2%
Democrats 1%
Republicans 1%
Independents 5%
UNSURE
Overall 17%
Democrats 13%
Republicans 24%
Independents 14%
Source: NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll of 935 U.S. adults conducted Oct. 21-23. “Overall” results reflect all respondents, and the margin of error is 3.9 percentage points. Party affiliation results reflect the 738 respondents who identified as registered voters, and the margin of error is 4.4 percentage points. Totals may not add up to 100 because of rounding. “Vol.” answers were volunteered by respondents.
Credit: Alyson Hurt/NPR
Even self-proclaimed Trump supporters were split on which was the better option.
That's a blow to congressional Republicans, especially Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who lamented the rising federal deficit but blamed it on entitlements rather than tax cuts.
"It's disappointing, but it's not a Republican problem,"
McConnell told Bloomberg News on Oct. 16. "It's a bipartisan problem: unwillingness to address the real drivers of the debt by doing anything to adjust those programs to the demographics of America in the future."
As NPR's Scott Horsley reported the same day, based on a fiscal-year-end report from the Treasury Department:
"The federal deficit ballooned to $779 billion in the just-ended fiscal year — a remarkable tide of red ink for a country not mired in recession or war.
"The government is expected to borrow more than a trillion dollars in the coming year, in part to make up for tax receipts that have been slashed by GOP tax cuts."
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What's more, when asked about how to reduce the federal deficit, 60 percent said it was better to roll back the tax cuts passed by Congress than to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid — and that includes a plurality of Republicans.
Which of the following comes closest to your view about how to reduce the federal budget deficit?
CUT GOVERNMENT SPENDING, INCLUDING ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS
- Overall 21%
- Democrats 7%
- Republicans 32&
- Independents 24%
- Overall 60%
- Democrats 80%
- Republicans 43%
- Independents 58%
Overall 2%
Democrats 1%
Republicans 1%
Independents 5%
UNSURE
Overall 17%
Democrats 13%
Republicans 24%
Independents 14%
Source: NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll of 935 U.S. adults conducted Oct. 21-23. “Overall” results reflect all respondents, and the margin of error is 3.9 percentage points. Party affiliation results reflect the 738 respondents who identified as registered voters, and the margin of error is 4.4 percentage points. Totals may not add up to 100 because of rounding. “Vol.” answers were volunteered by respondents.
Credit: Alyson Hurt/NPR
Even self-proclaimed Trump supporters were split on which was the better option.
That's a blow to congressional Republicans, especially Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who lamented the rising federal deficit but blamed it on entitlements rather than tax cuts.
"It's disappointing, but it's not a Republican problem,"
McConnell told Bloomberg News on Oct. 16. "It's a bipartisan problem: unwillingness to address the real drivers of the debt by doing anything to adjust those programs to the demographics of America in the future."As NPR's Scott Horsley reported the same day, based on a fiscal-year-end report from the Treasury Department:
"The federal deficit ballooned to $779 billion in the just-ended fiscal year — a remarkable tide of red ink for a country not mired in recession or war.
"The government is expected to borrow more than a trillion dollars in the coming year, in part to make up for tax receipts that have been slashed by GOP tax cuts."
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