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**Arratherimi** · 08-04-2011, 01:36 PM

To put it more succinctly, a win for the Tea Party is not a win for America.

USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washing...greement_n.htm

The hard-won, last-minute agreement to raise the debt ceiling and cut the deficit gets low ratings from Americans, who by more than 2-1 predict it will make the nation's fragile economy worse rather than better.

In a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken hours after the Senate passed and President Obama signed the deal, 46% disapprove of the agreement; 39% approve. Only one in five see it as a step forward in addressing the federal debt.

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The poll finds some paradoxes.
•Though Tea Party conservatives succeeded in setting the parameters of the deal, supporters of the Tea Party are among those most unhappy with the outcome: 22% of Tea Party supporters approve of the agreement, compared with 26% of Republicans and 58% of Democrats.

•Though Obama and congressional Democrats failed in their efforts to include higher taxes on the wealthy in the plan, Democrats were among those who rate it most highly. Two-thirds of moderate Democrats and six in 10 liberal Democrats approve of the deal.

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In the survey, 41% say the deal will make the economy worse; 17% say it will make it better. A third predict it won't have much effect.
The agreement raised the debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion hours before the Treasury Department said the nation would head toward default. It cuts spending by more than $900 billion over 10 years and establishes a joint congressional committee to come up with an additional $1.5 trillion in deficit savings by Thanksgiving.

08-04-2011, 01:36 PM	#1
Arratherimi Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 384 Senior Member	Poll: Thumbs down on the debt-ceiling deal To put it more succinctly, a win for the Tea Party is not a win for America. USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washing...greement_n.htm The hard-won, last-minute agreement to raise the debt ceiling and cut the deficit gets low ratings from Americans, who by more than 2-1 predict it will make the nation's fragile economy worse rather than better. In a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken hours after the Senate passed and President Obama signed the deal, 46% disapprove of the agreement; 39% approve. Only one in five see it as a step forward in addressing the federal debt. ... The poll finds some paradoxes. •Though Tea Party conservatives succeeded in setting the parameters of the deal, supporters of the Tea Party are among those most unhappy with the outcome: 22% of Tea Party supporters approve of the agreement, compared with 26% of Republicans and 58% of Democrats. •Though Obama and congressional Democrats failed in their efforts to include higher taxes on the wealthy in the plan, Democrats were among those who rate it most highly. Two-thirds of moderate Democrats and six in 10 liberal Democrats approve of the deal. ... In the survey, 41% say the deal will make the economy worse; 17% say it will make it better. A third predict it won't have much effect. The agreement raised the debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion hours before the Treasury Department said the nation would head toward default. It cuts spending by more than $900 billion over 10 years and establishes a joint congressional committee to come up with an additional $1.5 trillion in deficit savings by Thanksgiving.
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