From Rasmussen:
…A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey, conducted after last week’s elections, finds that 58% of Likely U.S. Voters say tax increases will hurt the economy. Just 18% feel increasing taxes will help our economy, while 14% say it will have no impact. These findings show little change since early April of last year. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Similarly, a solid majority (58%) believe increases in government spending will hurt the country fiscally, while only 24% feel it will help…
We’ve largely won this debate – the American people are on our side as far as taxes and spending go. The trick will be to translate this in to practical policies.
As I’ve said before, we can’t just be “the axe-man cometh”. We can’t, that is, just demand spending and tax cuts – we also have to present a set of positive actions to the American people which will speak to their needs – more jobs, more wealth; a restoration of American prosperity. In this, our best bet is to not just find spending to cut, but find spending to re-prioritize – move money from wasteful, unpopular programs (which are usually just hand outs to leftist interest groups, anyways) to programs more in tune with American needs. Move money from some highway boondoggle to school vouchers, eg.
It will be tricky going forward – political land mines and pitfalls are strewn over the landscape, and some of them are Senators with an “R” after their name. But with a bit of grit and a bit of imagination, we can win all down the line – not only reforming America, but so discrediting Obama and his Democrats that in 2012 we are able to take the Senate and the White House.
Now, to work.
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