Zephie (1,346 posts)
In Blind Poll, Republicans Choose Progressive Budget Solutions Over Their Own Party's
When the Business Insider polled registered voters and asked for their preferences among three Congressional plans floated to avoid the looming "sequestration" cuts in Washington, they found that when stripped of their partisan labels, the policies most favorable to the majority were those offered by the progressive wing of the Democratic caucus.
The poll found that in addition to beating the House Republican plan and the Senate Democrat's plan overall, "more than half of respondents supported compared to sequestration and a fifth of respondents were opposed."
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To describe the poll's approach, the Insider explains: "Surveys have found that asking people about just titles of plans or telling people who proposed policy, changes the results, so the point of this poll was to see what people thought of the plans when they were fully explained, but also stripped of partisan labels."
In fact, without the proper labels, the poll found that a majority of Republican respondents rejected the official plan put forward by the House GOP leadership.
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/02/27-7
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Sorry if this was posted before, I DU searched and came up blank, so cheers!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022438584I'm not buying this.
Here is what they are claiming that droves of repukes liked.
the Balancing Act rectifies the inequitable approach to deficit reduction taken so far. By replacing the sequester with $960 billion in revenue, the Act achieves a 1:1 ratio of cuts to revenue. The Balancing Act would close tax loopholes that encourage companies to ship jobs overseas, that pay billions of dollars annually to the highly profitable fossil fuel industry, and that allow tax breaks for yachts and corporate jets. It would also limit deductions from the wealthiest tax payers, close loopholes for hedge fund managers, and close estate tax loopholes.[...]
In addition, the Balancing Act eliminates $278 billion in wasteful Pentagon spending – the amount needed to equalize cuts to the defense and non-defense side of the budget – and invests the savings in our number one economic priority – job creation. By focusing our Pentagon budget on 21st century threats and making smart decisions about the weapons we need in the modern era, we can invest in a one-year tax credit of $800 for low- and middle-income families, prevent up to 280,000 teacher layoffs, modernize 35,000 public schools, and make infrastructure investments that if sustained could protect 3.5 million jobs by 2020.
Any Republican who found that appealing has got to be a RINO.
freshwest (27,514 posts)
3. This is the first I've seen it, thanks Zephie! The progressive policies work for all but the 1%...
What progressive policies have worked?
Only a complete fool could look back at the last 4 years and say that it worked.
Zoeisright (7,356 posts)
13. That's not surprising, but it sure does prove
that repukes are ****ing stupid.
You have a point if they chose that plan then yes they are ****ing stupid, just like you are.
Here is a link to the entire plan that so called Republicans choose.
http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/balancing-act/
