President Biden’s proposed infrastructure plan finds majority support among the U.S. public, with several specific areas of investment viewed as worthwhile across party lines. Americans are also largely on board with increasing taxes on corporations and getting the wealthy to pay for it. Nationwide, 58% approve of the administration’s infrastructure […] Read more »
Broad Support for Spending Plans
About 2 in 3 Americans support the president’s multitrillion-dollar infrastructure package as well as the proposed tax hikes to pay for it. The Monmouth University Poll finds similar levels of support for expanding healthcare access and other aid – a plan slated to be released this week. More Americans say […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: 1 in 5 voters reject vaccine, concern about coronavirus drops
As the coronavirus pandemic drags on into year two and U.S. eligibility for vaccines rises, a new Fox News poll finds one in five registered voters plan to skip the shot. The survey, released Sunday, shows that while 7 in 10 voters have either already received a vaccine (58 percent) […] Read more »
Voters Like Biden Infrastructure Plan; G.O.P. Still Sees an Opening on Taxes
President Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan has yet to win over a single Republican in Congress, but it is broadly popular with voters nationwide, mirroring the dynamics of the $1.9 trillion economic aid bill that Mr. Biden signed into law last month. The infrastructure proposal garners support from two in […] Read more »
CNBC survey shows support for infrastructure spending much less than previous stimulus
A slight plurality of Americans support President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan and favor raising corporate taxes to pay for it. But the plan is much less popular than the relief bill passed earlier this year, and there are growing deficit concerns. CONTINUED Steve Liesman, CNBC Read more »
McConnell blasts big business stands
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) diatribe against big business could spawn volumes of analysis. The text tells many tales: the frayed coalition between the board room and the pick-up truck, hypocrisy, and more. What struck me most was the fundamental inaccuracy of nearly every assertion and premise on which […] Read more »