AP poll: Public willing to wait for tax cuts!!

[bk1983]

WASHINGTON – People want the tax cuts promised during the presidential campaign, but they may be willing to wait while President-elect Obama takes on the larger issue of fixing the economy.

Only 36 percent say trimming income taxes should be a top priority when the new president takes office in January, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. That was less than half the 84 percent who cited improving the economy as a No. 1 goal, and the 80 percent who said creating jobs should be a paramount task.

"I don't think it's going to work in this instance," said Ryan Anderson, 31, a Democrat from Bloomington, Minn., who thinks tax reductions would have little impact on most families' budgets. "That's kind of like shooting a BB gun at a freight train."

Obama promised to cut taxes for working families during the campaign.

Even fewer — 29 percent — said another top priority should be Obama's plan to allow tax cuts to expire for families earning more than $250,000 a year. He has said he would use the revenue that would raise to help finance some of his priorities.

Amid such talk, 72 percent in the AP-GfK poll voiced confidence Obama will make the changes needed to revive the stalling economy. Underscoring how widely the public is counting on its new leader, 44 percent of Republicans joined nearly all Democrats and most independents in expressing that belief.

article here AP poll: Public seems willing to wait on tax cuts - Yahoo! News

 

[Skull Pilot]

perhaps most people know that there ain't gonna be any tax cuts.

 

[del]

in a related poll, most people have adopted a "wait and see" attitude on the tooth fairy.

 

[editec]

Unemployed people and people worrying about becoming unemployed, don't worry too much about getting tax cuts.

 

[WillowTree]

I'm not willing to wait. I want health care just like he has and I being part of the 95% promised a tax cut want it. And, I want him to deliver it promptly. He promised.. He sold us the idea. Don't back out now obamalama.