Three topics I’d love to know more about: 1. How many people know that Healthcare.gov is Obamacare? Especially the people who actually use it. Also, the associated questions: how many know that it’s the Affordable Care Act, and how many know that there’s more to the ACA than the exchanges? […] Read more »
Is Deficit Panel Already Doomed?
The U.S. budget deficit is worse than ever. Taxes already have been raised, so efforts to narrow the shortfall should focus only on spending. The only fair deal is a straight trade: relief from the cuts under sequestration in return for reductions to entitlements. Yet there’s no incentive for Democrats […] Read more »
Americans Reject by 61% Obama Demand for Clean Debt Vote
Americans by a 2-to-1 ratio disagree with President Barack Obama’s contention that Congress should raise the U.S. debt limit without conditions. Instead, 61 percent say that it’s “right to require spending cuts when the debt ceiling is raised even if it risks default,” because Congress lacks spending discipline, according to […] Read more »
Polls give both sides ammunition in shutdown fight
With the clock ticking down toward a possible government shutdown over a bitter partisan battle over the new health care law, both sides appear to be digging in. In this dangerous game of political chicken, public opinion could be crucial, and right now polls suggest both the White House and […] Read more »
Public Splits on Debt Limit Even with Fears of Damage
Americans are expressing conflicted attitudes about the next round of budget battles in Washington, with the public evenly divided on increasing the nation’s debt limit – yet also broadly concerned about economic impact of failing to do so. Forty-six percent in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll favor raising the […] Read more »
44% of Americans oppose raising debt ceiling
… By a 44-22 percent margin, Americans oppose raising the debt ceiling, which again puts the president in the difficult position of needing to make the case on an unpopular policy with a deadline quickly approaching. The poll results come as the U.S. Treasury Department says the country will reach […] Read more »