Poll: Tax the rich first

"(W)hen respondents were given the choice between cutting the defense budget, raising taxes on the wealthy and cutting Social Security to reduce the deficit, just 12% said they'd like to see the entitlement program cut. Forty-three percent said they'd prefer to see taxes on the wealthy go up, and 22% said cutting the huge defense budget was the best way to go."

Listen up, Obama!

Poll: Voters Would Rather Tax The Wealthy Than Cut Social Security

By Evan McMorris-Santoro

November 10, 2010 | Talking Points Memo

URL: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/11/poll-voters-would-rather-tax-the-wealthy-than-cut-social-security.php