9% Expect Obama’s Spending Freeze To Have Big Impact on Deficit

Rasmussen

 That’s right,a full 9% believe it will make much of a difference

One of the key new initiatives in President Obama’s State of the Union speech is a three-year freeze on discretionary government spending,but voters overwhelmingly believe the freeze will have little or no impact on the federal deficit.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just nine percent (9%) think the freeze will reduce the deficit a lot.

Eighty-one percent (81%) disagree,including 42% who say it will have no impact. Another 39% say the freeze in nearly all areas except defense,national security,veterans affairs and entitlement programs such as Medicare,Medicaid and Social Security will reduce the deficit a little.

Still,56% favor the president’s plan for a three-year freeze on discretionary spending. Only 24% oppose it,and 20% more are undecided. Other data suggests that voters view the proposal as a first step in the right direction.

Overall,57% would like to see a cut in government spending,23% favor a freeze,and 12% say the government should increase spending. Republicans and unaffiliated voters overwhelmingly favor spending cuts. Democrats are evenly divided between spending cuts and a spending freeze.

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