Public support for Gov. Jerry Brown’s ballot initiative to raise taxes has slipped to just more than 50 percent, a precarious majority with a growing number of voters now undecided, according to a new Field Poll. [cont.] David Siders, Sacramento Bee Read more »
Romney at risk of losing edge on deficit
… Two recent national polls show a narrow gap between Romney and Obama on the deficit. Romney seems to have lost his advantage after weeks of being pilloried by Democrats for his policies, which they claim would cut taxes on the rich, raise taxes on the middle class and cost […] Read more »
Romney’s Tax Cuts May Be a Hard Sell With Voters
In U.S. national politics, Republicans flourish when the focus is on tax cuts; they suffer when Medicare is the focus. It looks like it’ll be different this year. Mitt Romney has proposed huge tax cuts that principally benefit the wealthy, while refusing to say how he’d pay for them by […] Read more »
Ryan’s budget approach challenges bishops, at odds with Catholics
Mitt Romney’s decision to include Catholic congressman Paul Ryan on the Republican ticket presents a challenge for the U.S. Catholic bishops. And, equally importantly, it has the potential to open up a new “religion problem” for the Romney campaign among rank-and-file Catholics. At the heart of this tension is Ryan’s […] Read more »
America’s Aversion to Taxes
… We’ve been collecting less in taxes than other rich countries at least since the early 1970s, relative to size of the economy. But according to Gallup, only three times since the 1950s have more Americans said their taxes were “about right” than said they were “too high.” Scholars have […] Read more »
What Ryan Will Mean in House Races
… From House Majority PAC’s inception, it was clear that the Ryan budget could be the key to Democrats taking back the House majority. After all, the Romney-Ryan plan is a very clear statement on the principles of today’s Republican party: cut taxes for big corporations and wealthy, slash investments […] Read more »