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Americans reject Obama’s spending agenda

By Conn Carroll
Published October 4, 2011 4:00am ET
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Americans reject Obama’s spending agenda
By a 10-point margin, a plurality of Americans reject the idea that government spending can help the U.S. economy. According to a new CBS News poll, 47 percent of respondents say “cutting taxes to encourage investment” is the most effective way for government to get the economy moving. Only 37 percent chose “spending more money […]

By a 10-point margin, a plurality of Americans reject the idea that government spending can help the U.S. economy. According to a new CBS News poll, 47 percent of respondents say “cutting taxes to encourage investment” is the most effective way for government to get the economy moving. Only 37 percent chose “spending more money to create jobs” as the better economic policy.

The CBS News poll results echo those found by a Bloomberg poll taken earlier this year. According to Bloomberg:

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