Poll: 57% Say Obama's Tax Hikes Will Fund Even Higher Spending, Not Reduce Debt

43% say the weather's fine on Mars.

Fifty-seven percent of likely voters believe that tax increases will fund further spending, according to a new Public Notice survey conducted by a Republican-leaning pollster, The Tarrance Group. That number is even higher among independents, as 60 percent of that voting bloc think Obama wants tax hikes for to increase spending. Obama has convinced a majority (58 percent) of Democrats, though, that he will use taxes to lower the deficit.

This seems pretty important to me. I would say that raising taxes is the centerpiece of Obama's agenda, but that's not quite right -- a centerpiece implies there are other pieces around the periphery.

I don't think Obama really has any other policy -- he's just about increasing taxes.

That's a bad strategy in any campaign, but it seems he's losing big on his only real plan for a next term.

posted by Ace at 01:59 PM

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