Voters are now evenly divided as to which candidate they would prefer to vote for: A candidate who opposes all tax increases or one who promises to increase taxes only on the rich. But most still believe tax hikes hurt the economy.
Sixty-one percent (61%) of Americans say it is better for the economy for the government to stay out of the housing market.
Despite his campaign promise that taxes would not be raised on anyone making less than $250,000 a year, President Obama now says he may have to reconsider in order to help reduce the country’s record budget deficit.
President Obama today declared that the $787-billion economic stimulus plan he signed into law one year ago saved the country from a second Depression, but voters aren’t quite so sure.
Most Americans favor a law that would limit the amount of taxes paid to state, local and federal governments so that no one would pay more than 50% of their total income in taxes.
President Obama may have to go back on his campaign promise against raising taxes on Americans making less than $250,000 a year in order to reduce the country’s record budget deficit.
Some critics have complained that the federal government is pursuing Toyota for its safety problems more aggressively than usual in order to help government-owned General Motors sell more cars.
Fifty-nine percent (59%) of Americans still hold at least a somewhat favorable view of Toyota even as the embattled automaker adds at least 300,000 2010 Prius models to the eight million cars it is already recalling worldwide over safety issues. That number includes 22% with a very favorable opinion.
Richard Nixon once said, “We’re all Keynesians now.” But that was a long time ago, and it’s certainly not the case anymore (if it ever was).
Eighty-three percent (83%) of Americans say the size of the federal budget deficit is due more to the unwillingness of politicians to cut government spending than to the reluctance of taxpayers to pay more in taxes.
Apple Inc. sent the business world buzzing yet again last week with its release of its new tablet computer, the iPad. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that the plurality of adults (43%) think Apple is more innovative than Microsoft in terms of product development.
With concerns about the economy and mounting federal deficits before them, 46% of voters nationwide favor an across-the-board tax cut for all Americans. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 35% oppose such a tax cut, and 19% are not sure.
President Obama has now turned his attention to the ballooning federal budget deficit, but a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that a modest plurality of voters (41%) prefer a budget deficit with tax cuts over a balanced budget that requires higher taxes.
Americans continue to express little confidence in the U.S. banking system despite billions in bailout funding, but they’re not very worried about their own money in the bank.
Thirty-four percent (34%) of working Americans expect to be earning more a year from today, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. This level of optimism has been unchanged for several months now.
The Rasmussen Employment Index rose for the second straight month in January. At 66.3, the monthly measure of workplace confidence is up two points from the month before and up five points from a year ago.
Consumer confidence in January rose for the second straight month and has almost reached the levels enjoyed before the financial industry meltdown in September 2008.
Fifty-three percent (53%) of likely voters now believe that decreasing the level of government spending will help the U.S. economy. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 24% of voters think that cutting federal spending will hurt the economy. Eleven percent (11%) say it will have no impact, and another 11% aren’t sure.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 66% of Americans believe leaving their job will be their choice. That’s up a point since November and up five points from a year ago. Just 16% say their employer will decide when it’s time for them to go.
Americans are evenly divided over whether Ben Bernanke should stay or go, as the Senate moves closer to a confirmation vote on the embattled chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.
