With Gallup poll in hand, Don Surber takes on Obama’s assertion that 80% of American’s want a tax increase.
From the above chart only 4% of Americans want to close the deficit with taxes only.
Only 11% want to close the deficit mostly with taxes.
President Obama is one of the 4%.
He has not said that, but that is what he proposed.
in his budget he called for increased spending by $100 billion — or in Washington terms by $1 trillion (they keep reporting everything over a 10-year period).
He has not proposed a single spending cut.
Not one.
Not even by a penny!
(Emphasis added – Ed)
Don goes on…
Today, President Obama told a press conference on raising their taxes: “The American people are sold. The problem is members of Congress are dug in ideologically.”
No, the problem is the White House is in a bunker mentality on taxes.
President Obama’s plan all along was to raise spending so high that Republicans would have to raise taxes.
That is irresponsible and rash and the American people overwhelmingly rejected that — and him and his zany Obamacare plan — in last November’s election.
(you know the story)
His story might sell well with the 6-sigma distributions of Boulder and Berkeley but it doesn’t work with the middle of the distribution. To say that 80% of American’s support his tax increases, and one must assume no spending cuts since our fearless leader hasn’t proposed single one, can only be made by someone who is either delusional is out on the 6-sigma part of the distribution. While these qualities may be a badge of honor to progressive wingnuts (to hijack a Krugman line) but it’s no way to run a country.
Big h/t to Instapundit and more links to other stories.
