CaGOPatriot
Craig Williams
The Pew Research Center conducted a poll in mid-February asking respondents what aspects of federal spending they would prefer to see cut. The poll confirms past surveys that show that although Americans prefer to cut government spending in abstract terms, there aren't many specifics they want slashed.
The poll comes as the cuts known as the sequester begin to start kicking in this week. Under sequestration, every non-exempt aspect of government spending will see a cut. This will generate $1.2 trillion worth of savings over the next 10 years.
But the Pew poll found that respondents were relatively content with the size and scope of most aspects of the government, despite a general urge to cut spending in broad terms.
As the chart shows, the only aspect of government spending respondents wanted cut was foreign aid. Still, USAID is a relatively small portion of the grand federal budget, accounting for a total of only $50.7 billion in fiscal year 2012.
The least controversial portions of government spending were Social Security, veterans' benefits, and education. The latter two are both subject to cuts as a result of the sequester, but only one-tenth of respondents wanted them to be slashed.
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All of the liberal polls ask the wrong questions and they ask the wrong people to make sure their liberal agenda is served. Informed Americans are always conservative and we know why the government is in such debt. The liberal spending that supports the lazy and shiftless has been taking this country down the toilet since Franklin Roosevelt. Getting rid of the democrat's socialist policies that have been ruining this country since the 1930s will have the US prosperous again. Making people responsible for themselves will stop the need for welfare, social security, medicare, medicaid and all of the other socialist programs liberals love. Put the lazy to work or let them starve because patriot Americans don't need or want these lazy losers. I want to see any liberal refute this.
The poll comes as the cuts known as the sequester begin to start kicking in this week. Under sequestration, every non-exempt aspect of government spending will see a cut. This will generate $1.2 trillion worth of savings over the next 10 years.
But the Pew poll found that respondents were relatively content with the size and scope of most aspects of the government, despite a general urge to cut spending in broad terms.
As the chart shows, the only aspect of government spending respondents wanted cut was foreign aid. Still, USAID is a relatively small portion of the grand federal budget, accounting for a total of only $50.7 billion in fiscal year 2012.
The least controversial portions of government spending were Social Security, veterans' benefits, and education. The latter two are both subject to cuts as a result of the sequester, but only one-tenth of respondents wanted them to be slashed.
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All of the liberal polls ask the wrong questions and they ask the wrong people to make sure their liberal agenda is served. Informed Americans are always conservative and we know why the government is in such debt. The liberal spending that supports the lazy and shiftless has been taking this country down the toilet since Franklin Roosevelt. Getting rid of the democrat's socialist policies that have been ruining this country since the 1930s will have the US prosperous again. Making people responsible for themselves will stop the need for welfare, social security, medicare, medicaid and all of the other socialist programs liberals love. Put the lazy to work or let them starve because patriot Americans don't need or want these lazy losers. I want to see any liberal refute this.