nic34
03-12-2013, 10:10 AM
Economic philisophy makes for great discussion, but unless something can be sold to voters, someone's point of vieW will inevitably have to be forced upon us.
So it's one thing for the "nanny state" to outlaw sugary big gulps for our own good, its another when most voters support the more taxes on the rich, less cuts to popular programs approach, are nevertheless told by the "nanny congress" that cuts and sequesters are best for our own good.
The wrong poll for Boehner to toutWhen a party is on the wrong side of public opinion on a major policy fight, its leaders and members have a choice. They can (a) acknowledge reality, explain why they believe the public is wrong, and take steps to persuade more of the mainstream to their point of view; or (b) pretend polling says what it does not say.
Just below the surface, however, most Americans would prefer to raise taxes than cut education, would prefer to raise taxes than cut Social Security, would prefer to raise taxes than cut Medicare, would prefer to raise taxes than cut infrastructure, and would prefer to raise taxes than cut Medicaid.
Republicans are proceeding from the assumption that the overall clash of messages favors them, because Americans like spending cuts in the abstract, as the McClatchy poll demonstrates. But one thing that's noteworthy about the politics of the sequester is that it is likely going to allow Americans to experience the impact of specific cuts in a unique way."
Yep, and as we know, Americans love the idea of cutting spending, right up until they're offered detailed choices, at which point they want to increase spending.
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/03/11/17271662-the-wrong-poll-for-boehner-to-tout
So it's one thing for the "nanny state" to outlaw sugary big gulps for our own good, its another when most voters support the more taxes on the rich, less cuts to popular programs approach, are nevertheless told by the "nanny congress" that cuts and sequesters are best for our own good.
The wrong poll for Boehner to toutWhen a party is on the wrong side of public opinion on a major policy fight, its leaders and members have a choice. They can (a) acknowledge reality, explain why they believe the public is wrong, and take steps to persuade more of the mainstream to their point of view; or (b) pretend polling says what it does not say.
Just below the surface, however, most Americans would prefer to raise taxes than cut education, would prefer to raise taxes than cut Social Security, would prefer to raise taxes than cut Medicare, would prefer to raise taxes than cut infrastructure, and would prefer to raise taxes than cut Medicaid.
Republicans are proceeding from the assumption that the overall clash of messages favors them, because Americans like spending cuts in the abstract, as the McClatchy poll demonstrates. But one thing that's noteworthy about the politics of the sequester is that it is likely going to allow Americans to experience the impact of specific cuts in a unique way."
Yep, and as we know, Americans love the idea of cutting spending, right up until they're offered detailed choices, at which point they want to increase spending.
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/03/11/17271662-the-wrong-poll-for-boehner-to-tout