On tackling the deficit, voters by a margin of 2-to-1 support raising taxes on incomes above $250,000, with 64 percent in favor and 33 percent opposed.
Voters oppose cuts to those programs [ba note: Medicare, Medical] by 80-18 percent. Even among conservatives, only 29 percent supported cuts, and 68 percent opposed them.
Public views are more mixed on cutting defense spending, with 44 percent supporting cuts and 54 percent opposed.One dividing line is education: College graduates want to cut defense spending by 63-36 percent. Non-college graduates oppose cutting the Pentagon by 61-36 percent.
In other words, the House Republicansjust walked off a cliff.
I hope Paul Ryan, Super Genius, has supplied his caucus with ACME brand wings. Because they all just did this.
That truck, BTW, is labeled "Tea Party Motors".