Most Agree Spending Bill “A Disaster for our Country”
Three in four American voters say they are concerned about the national debt. More than half agree that the recent $1.7 trillion spending bill is a “disaster for our country.”
Three-in-four American voters say they are concerned about the national debt. More than half agree that the recent $1.7 trillion spending bill is a “disaster for our country.”
53 percent are “very concerned” about the debt
WHY IT MATTERS – The debt ceiling will need to be raised in 2023 and the new Republican Congress has pledged that it will not do so without spending reductions and a return to a balanced budget.
BY THE NUMBERS – A January 2-4 Rasmussen Reports poll of 1,000 U.S. likely voters found:
76 percent of voters are concerned about the national debt, including strong majorities of Republicans, Independents, and Democrats.
Republicans and Independents are more likely to say they are “very concerned” than Democrats.
61 percent of Americans agree that the recent $1.7 spending bill is a “disaster for our country.”
50 percent say they disapprove of the spending bill, including 37 percent who say they “strongly disapprove.”
BOTTOM LINE – Americans know the national debt is a threat to our future and understand that spending is to blame.
What spending to cut is the trickier question.
GO DEEPER –
Rasmussen Reports – Voters Overwhelmingly Concerned About National Debt
America’s New Majority Project – Analysis: Americans Want A Return To Balanced Budgets