NY Times Poll: Americans Say Raise Taxes On People Making Over $250,000 A Year

Somebody tell Little Andy "No Taxes For Millionaires!" Cuomo - Americans want to tax rich people:

Americans are more pessimistic about the nation’s economic outlook and overall direction than they have been at any time since President Obama’s first two months in office, when the country was still officially ensnared in the Great Recession, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.

At a time of rising gas prices, stubborn unemployment and a cacophonous debate in Washington over the federal government’s ability to meet its future obligations, the poll presents stark evidence that the slow, if unsteady, gains in public confidence earlier this year that a recovery was under way are now all but gone.

Capturing what appears to be an abrupt change in attitude, the survey shows that the number of Americans who think the economy is getting worse has jumped 13 percentage points in just one month. Though there have been encouraging signs of renewed growth since last fall, many economists are having second thoughts, warning that the pace of expansion might not be fast enough to create significant numbers of new jobs.

The dour public mood is dragging down ratings for both parties in Congress and for President Obama, the poll found.

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Mr. Obama has considerable support for his proposal to end tax cuts for those earning $250,000 a year and more: 72 percent of respondents approved of doing so as away to address the deficit; 24 percent disapproved.

And, in what he can take as a positive sign for his argument the nation has a duty to protect its most vulnerable citizens, about three-quarters of Americans think the federal government has a responsibility to provide health care for the elderly and 56 percent believe it has a similar duty to the poor.

“Keep people’s taxes and give them medical benefits,” Richard Sterling, an independent voter of Naugatuck, Conn., said in a follow-up interview.

People don't want taxes increased on THEM.

But given how few people actually make over $250,000 a year, you can raise taxes on THOSE PEOPLE, reduce budget deficits, keep services AND run a country that isn't THIRD FUCKING WORLD.

And wouldn't that just be peachy?

But instead, "Democrats" like Little Andy Cuomo (or Christie-Lite, as Spitzer dubbed him yesterday) want to reduce taxes on millionaires, throw old people out onto the street with food or health care and slash school budgets to the bone so the only thing left being funded is the FUCKING STANDARDIZED TESTS.

This sounds like a fabulous plan to complete the feudalization of America.

It is NOT, however, a plan to "share the sacrifice," as Little Andy and other corporate pols claim.