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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tejek who wrote (92711)	4/19/2011 1:26:04 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 149317

They forgot cutting defense spending in the poll. Hence all this talk from both the sides is a bunch of bull. They are talking about social issues only and are not interested in the core issue. ================================= Majority: Tax rich, quit U.S. borrowing 26 Comments By Steven Thomma McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — Alarmed by rising national debt and increasingly downbeat about their country's course, Americans are clear about how they want to attack the government's runway budget deficits: Raise taxes on the wealthy and keep hands off of Medicare and Medicaid. At the same time, they say that the government should not raise the legal debt ceiling, despite warnings that failing to do so would force the government into default, credit markets into turmoil, and the economy into a tailspin. Those are among the findings of a national McClatchy-Marist poll taking the country's pulse just as President Obama and Congress launch what could be a multi-year debate on the role of government and how to finance it. Read more: kansas.com